Pain Education Added to Conventional Physiotherapy Program for Patients With Neck Pain

Istanbul Arel University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neck Pain; Pain

Treatments: Other: Conventional physiotherapy; Other: Neuroscience education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05210257

ozdenyasarer neck pain

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the effects of pain training applied with conventional physiotherapy on pain, range of motion, disability, kinesiophobia and quality of life in patients with neck pain.

Methods: The research is planned to be completed within 18 months at Istanbul Hospital.

It is planned to include 40 individualsbetween the ages of 18-65 with neck pain persisting for 3 months or more.Individuals will be randomly divided into 2 groups.

Conventional physiotherapy program will be applied to the first group. Conventional physiotherapy will be applied to the second group and neuroscience education will be given.Pain intensity will evaluate before and after exercise with 'Visual Analog Scale' (VAS), and algometer,range of motion will evaluate with C-ROM, kinesiofobia will questioned with Tampa Kinesiofobia Score, Quality of life will evaluate with Nottingham Health Profile, whereas the level of neck disability will evaluate before and after exercise with 'Neck Pain and Disability Score' (NPDS). The obtained results will analyze using appropriate statistical methods.

Full description

The treatment program will be applied 3 days a week for 8 weeks.Each 2 groups; will be evaluated twice, at the beginning of the treatment and at the end of the 8th week.

Conventional physiotherapy program consists of neck isometric exercises, neck isotonic exercises, stabilization exercises, stretching exercises and posture exercises and physiotherapy agents.

Neuroscience education; The trainings will be conducted in the form of face-to-face interviews and 45-50 minute one-to-one sessions.

Posters, pictures, graphics and stories, as well as booklets and videos from Explain Pain, Pain in motion and retrainpain websites will be used in appropriate sessions.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• between the ages of 18-65
• neck pain that persists for 3 months or more

Exclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing cervical surgery
• Patients with neck pain secondary to neurological or vascular disease or neoplasia
• Patients with radiculopathy with neurological deficits
• Patients with a history of inflammatory or infective arthritis of the cervical spine
• Patients who received a physical therapy program in the last 6 months
• Patients with pain in the scapula, shoulder, upper extremity or lumbar region that may interfere with neck stabilization exercises

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional physiotherapy

Other group

Description:

Conventional physiotherapy program consists of neck isometric exercises, neck isotonic exercises, stabilization exercises, stretching exercises and posture exercises and physiotherapy agents.

Treatment:

Other: Conventional physiotherapy

Neuroscience education

Active Comparator group

Description:

Conventional physiotherapy program and The neuroscience education trainings will be conducted in the form of face-to-face interviews and 45-50 minute one-to-one sessions.

Treatment:

Other: Neuroscience education