Cervical Manual Therapy and Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Patients With Nonspecific Neck Pain

Medipol Health Group

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Vagus nerve stimilation; Other: Manual therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06435364

E-10840098-202.3.02-2983

Details and patient eligibility

About

People with chronic neck pain are becoming more and more common in society every day.

Full description

In chronic neck pain investigations, it is generally reported that all people experience neck pain once in my life and more than half of the developed societies experience this problem. It has been stated that 48% of these continue as chronic neck pain, which significantly affects the quality of life due to the postponement of treatment due to its cost.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria for volunteers and/or study participants;

• Presence of neck pain for at least three months
• Non-specific neck pain
• To have signed the voluntary consent form

Exclusion criteria for volunteers and/or participants;

• Having undergone surgery for the cervical region
• Rehabilitation of the neck area at least three months prior to treatment
• Traumatic medulla spinalis injury
• Neurological deficit
• Rheumatological disease
• Structural spinal disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Vagus nerve

Experimental group

Description:

This non-invasive system is activated by the cutaneous distribution of vagus nerve afferents via the external ear.

Treatment:

Other: Vagus nerve stimilation

Manual therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Manual therapy is effective in the treatment of musculoskeletal pain.

Treatment:

Other: Manual therapy