Effect of Lumber Core Stability Exercises on Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: Lumber Core Stability Program; Other: Cervical and Scapular Stabilization Exercises; Other: Advices

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05712239

P.T.REC/012/003950

Details and patient eligibility

About

Chronic non-specific neck pain patients will be enrolled in 3 groups in this study including passive, active control and experimental groups to determine the effect of adding lumbar core stability exercises to patient's advices and cervical and scapular stabilization exercises. For the last two groups, the sessions will be applied 3 times per week for 4 weeks. All the outcomes will be measured after patient's enrollment and at the end of 4 weeks to determine the difference between groups.

Enrollment: 66 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with persistent cervical pain for more than 12 weeks without specific diagnosis (chronic non-specific neck pain).
• BMI less than 30 kg/m2.
• Pain intensity on VAS should be more than 3.
• Patient will be able and motivated in completing the study.
• Psychologically & mentally stable.

Exclusion criteria

• Red Flag's symptoms including a history of major trauma, persistent night pain, bladder or bowel dysfunction, and/or lower or upper extremity neurological deficit.
• Pregnant women.
• Recent or old fractures at spine or upper limbs.
• Congenital, or acquired postural deformity.
• No previous neck or spinal or shoulder surgery.
• No current pathologies (e.g. Disc lesion, nerve root compression, canal stenosis, spinal tumor, spinal infection, systemic inflammatory diseases, ...).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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66 participants in 3 patient groups

Advices Group

Other group

Description:

Patients in this group will take only advices about their postures and activities of daily living

Treatment:

Other: Advices

Cervical and scapular stabilization Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients in this group will take advices and stability exercises for neck and scapula

Treatment:

Other: Cervical and Scapular Stabilization Exercises

Other: Advices

Neck, scapular and lumber stabilization Group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in this group will take advices, and stability exercises for neck, scapula and lumber spine

Treatment:

Other: Cervical and Scapular Stabilization Exercises

Other: Advices

Other: Lumber Core Stability Program