Clinical Signs and Changes in Cervical Muscles Activity Evaluated by Magnetic Resonance Imaging During an Endurance Test (CEET/IRM)

David Colman

Status: Completed

Conditions: Motor Activity; Neck Pain

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Cervical extensor endurance test

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06595927

B7072021000028

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this present study is to compare the radio-clinic correlation between the ability to hold the head and neck (by inertial sensor) and the changes in neck muscles activity (by functional magnetic resonance imaging) during the cervical extensor endurance test between an asymptomatic population and one suffering from chronic neck pain.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Neck Disability Index score > 8/50 for the symptomatic group OR < 4/50 for the asymptomatic group
• numerical rating scale < 7/10 for the symptomatic group
• suffering from idiopathic or traumatic chronic neck pain for the neck pain group OR being free of neck pain which required therapeutic, medical or medicinal treatment in the last 12 months.

Exclusion criteria

• fibromyalgia, cervical radiculopathy, previous cervical surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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29 participants in 2 patient groups

Participants with chronic neck pain

Experimental group

Description:

Both groups will receive the same experimental procedure, divided in 2 parts. Part 1: a first cervical MRI is done, followed by a cervical extensor endurance test during 3 minutes and the second cervical MRI. Part 2 : several clinical tests will be done: * tandem stand balance test (eyes closed, firm ground) * cranio-cervical flexion test * head lift test * cervical joint position error sense test in 4 directions

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Cervical extensor endurance test

Participants free of neck pain

Active Comparator group

Description:

the same experimental procedure than the other group

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Cervical extensor endurance test