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NCT Number: NCT04809337

Therapeutic Exercises and Stabilization Exercises Given After Manual Therapy

The study was conducted to determine and compare the effects of the therapeutic exercises and stabilization exercises given to the patient after the manual therapy session on pain, neck range of motion, daily living activities and quality of life.

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Key information

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Emine

Istanbul, 34959, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Between the ages of 18-65,
  • having neck pain for 3 months or longer,
  • was diagnosed with chronic neck pain by a specialist.

Exclusion criteria

  • People with neurological diseases,
  • who had previous surgery in the cervical region,
  • who had medulla spinalis tumors,
  • vascular pathologies,
  • fractures,
  • osteoporosis,
  • rheumatoid arthritis problems were not included in the study.

Treatment and study plan

Exercise

Other

After manuel therapy, the patients were allocated into two groups as Stabilization Exercise Group and Therapeutic Exercise Group randomly.

Primary outcomes

  1. Visual Analogue Scale

    Time frame: 1 minute

    The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was developed to transform values which cannot be measured numerically to a numerical form. The patient is instructed to mark the severity of pain on a line marked at one end as 0=no pain to 10=intolerable pain, thereby providing the level of pain in a numerical form

  2. Range of motion

    Time frame: 10 minute

    Devices to measure range of motion in the joints of the body include the Goniometer and Inclinometer which use a stationary arm, protractor, fulcrum, and movement arm to measure angle from axis of the joint. We measured neck flexio, extantion and rotation

Secondary outcomes

  1. Lateral Scapular Shift Test

    Time frame: 5 minute

    This test involves measuring the distance from the inferior angle of the scapula to the nearest vertebral spinous process using a tape measure or goniometer in three positions: shoulder in neutral, shoulder at 40-45 degrees of coronal plane abduction with hands resting on hips, and the shoulder at 90 degrees abduction with the arms in full internal rotation

  2. Neck Disability Index

    Time frame: 3 minutes

    The Neck Disability Index (NDI) is a self-report questionnaire used to determine how neck pain affects a patient's daily life and to assess the self-rated disability of patients with neck pain

  3. Bournemouth Neck Pain Questionnaire

    Time frame: 5 minutes

    Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire (NBQ) was created by Bolton and Humphreys due to the necessity of an evaluation measure to various health domains, such as pain, function, incapacity and psychological and social aspects of patients with neck pathologies. This tool is easily applied, reproducible and responsive to clinical alterations, which makes it adequate to be used for scientific research and clinical practice to monitor the pathology progression and to assist treatment planning.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Okan University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Comparison of the Effects of Therapeutic Exercises and Stabilization Exercises After Manual Therapy in Patients With Non-Specific Chronic Neck Pain

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Mar 22, 2021
Registry last updated
Mar 23, 2021

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