Effects of Cervical Stabilization Exercise in Violinists With Chronic Neck Pain

National Cheng Kung University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: Cervical stabilization exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04051593

NationalCheng-KungU

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of a 6-week cervical stabilization exercise program in university violin players with chronic nonspecific neck pain.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• duration of playing the instrument longer than 5 years
• practicing the violin more than 5 hours/week
• constant neck pain for more than 3 months or at least 2 pain episodes in the last 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• previous surgery in the neck and shoulder regions
• current participation in a structured exercises program
• current treatment for neck and shoulder pain
• red flags suggesting of cancer, infection, vascular insufficiency, and etc. during history taking
• neurological symptoms of the upper extremities during screening tests (e.g. Spurling test and upper limb tension tests)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 1 patient group

Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise

Treatment:

Other: Cervical stabilization exercise