Effect of Neck Strength Training on Health-related Quality of Life in Females With Neck Pain

Jyväskylä Central Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Stretching; Behavioral: Neck endurance training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01057836

Neck HRQoL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether intensive one-year neck strength training can enhance health related quality of life in females with chronic neck pain.

Enrollment: 180 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 25 to 53 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• female
• aged 25 to 53 years
• office worker
• permanently employed
• motivated to continue working
• motivated for rehabilitation
• constant or frequently occurring neck pain for more than 6 months

Exclusion criteria

• severe disorders of the cervical spine
• disk prolapse
• spinal stenosis
• postoperative conditions in the neck and shoulder areas
• history of severe trauma
• instability
• spasmodic torticollis
• frequent migraine
• peripheral nerve entrapment
• fibromyalgia
• shoulder diseases (tendonitis, bursitis, capsulitis)
• inflammatory rheumatic diseases
• severe psychiatric illness and other diseases that prevent physical loading
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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180 participants in 3 patient groups

Neck strength training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Neck endurance training

Neck endurance training

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Neck endurance training

Stretching

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Stretching