Cervical Pain and Exercise in Musicians

Hasan Kalyoncu University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cervical Pain

Treatments: Other: Selected Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04801875

2017/14

Details and patient eligibility

About

Exercise training that is one of the effective treatment methods for cervical pain, is crucial in developing mobility and stability. Exercise training significantly reduces cervical pain as it advances postural alignment and neuromuscular coordination. In many single group studies on cervical pain in violin performers, it has been reported that the stabilization exercises have favorable consequences on pain relief and postural correction. But, there are no studies comparing ney and violin performers and analyzing the effectiveness of exercise training on non-specific cervical pain. The aim of this study is to search the effects of selected exercise training on pain, disability, range of motion, flexibility, strength and quality of life in ney and violin performers with non-specific cervical pain.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being professional musicians
• Using violin or ney musical instruments
• Had non-specific cervical pain during 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• Had cervical surgery in the last 3 months, discogenic pain, radiculopathy, neurological or systemic disorders,
• Missing exercise training session more than 2

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Violin Performers

Experimental group

Description:

Violin performers received three 40-45 minute exercise sessions each week for eight weeks. The selected exercise program designed to correct postural alignment.

Treatment:

Other: Selected Exercise

Ney Performers

Experimental group

Description:

Ney performers received three 40-45 minute exercise sessions each week for eight weeks. The selected exercise program designed to correct postural alignment.

Treatment:

Other: Selected Exercise