neck pain
Conditions
Interventions
The patients allocated to the telerehabilitation group (n=49) will receive 10 sessions of treatment over a period of six weeks (two sessions/week). Participants will perform at each stretching, mobili
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants between the ages of 18 and 65 years, neck pain for at least 3 months, with or without radiating pain, no history of significant injury to the neck or upper thoracic spine (car accident), experiencing pain during the physical exam.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients will be excluded if they had undergone cervical spine surgery or cervical spine stenosis, reported neurological signs, severe pain (>7/10) during muscle strength measurements, rheumatic and/or inflammatory diseases (ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthreitis), cervical instability, spinal cord involvement or congenital diseases affecting the musculoskeletal system, major psychological disease (severe depression or mental disorder), pregnancy, and any intervention that included exercise or physical therapy in the last 3 months.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction of pain intensity, assessed using the numeric pain scale, change from baseline pain at 6 weeks.;Reduction of disability, assessed using the neck disability index, change from baseline disability at 6 weeks. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Maintenance of pain intensity, assessed using the numeric pain scale, after 3 months of follow-up.;Maintenance of disability, assessed using the neck disability index, after 3 months of follow-up.;Reduction of kinesiophobia, assessed using the tampa scale of kinesiophobia, change from baseline kinesiophobia at 6 weeks and after 3 months of follow-up.;Reduction of catastrophic thoughts, assessed using the pain catastrophizing scale, change from baseline catastrophic thoughts at 6 weeks and after 3 months of follow-up.;Reduction of fear-avoidance beliefs, assessed using the fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire, change from baseline fear-avoidance beliefs at 6 weeks and after 3 months of follow-up.;Reduction of anxiety and depression symptoms, assessed using the hospital anxiety and depression scale, change from baseline anxiety and depression symptoms at 6 weeks and after 3 months of follow-up.;Improvement of pain self-efficacy, assessed using the pain self-efficacy questionnaire, change from baseline pain self-efficacy at 6 weeks and after 3 months of follow-up.;Improvement of global perceived effect, assessed using the Global Perceived Effect Scale, change at 6 weeks and at 3 months of follow-up. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactLuiz Fernando;Marcos Approbato Selistre;de Noronha
Universidade Federal de São Carlos;La Trobe University
Outcome results
None listed