Effects of Core Stability Versus Swiss Ball Exercise in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: Swiss ball exercises along with the conventional physical therapy protocol; Other: Core stability exercises along with conventional physical therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05393973

REC/RCR & AHS/22/0145 Yumna

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will be a randomized clinical trial to determine the effects of core stability versus swiss ball exercises on pain, range of motion and function in patients with chronic neck pain. A sample of 42 patients having neck pain since last 3 months will be taken from physical therapy department of "Bahawalpur medical & dental hospital" and will be divided into two groups each with 21 patients. Patient of any gender(male or female) with no history of neck surgery or any systemic disease will be considered. Group A will receive core stability exercises along with conventional physical therapy while group B will receive swiss ball exercises along with the conventional physical therapy protocol. The conventional physical therapy protocol will include a hot pack, and cervical stretches. The session will be around 30-45 minutes for each patient with three sessions per week on alternate days. A total of four-week treatment regime will be given to the patients and an assessment of patient's pain, range of motion, and function with NPRS (numeric pain rating scale), goniometry, and NDI (neck disability index) will be done at the baseline and after 4 weeks of treatment, data will be analyzed by using SPSS version 21, after the completion of treatment at four weeks.

Full description

Chronic neck pain is one of the pains with the highest prevalence these days due to the imprecise daily life routine of people including students & office workers etc. It is generally declared that pain and stiffness in neck occur due to faulty posture for prolonged periods of time against the gravity. Deep layered muscles e.g longus capitus, longus Colli, rectus capitus anterior & rectus capitus lateralis provides the stability to neck if they are targeted it is believed that the observed problem can be cured. This study is aimed to compare two methods for stability of neck i.e. core stability exercises & swiss ball exercises.

Until now many treatment options have been used for chronic neck pain e.g stretching, isometrics, fascia release, mobilization techniques etc, and in recent literature, it is seen that stability of neck muscles are emerging to alleviate chronic neck pain. This study is aiming to compare the effects of core stability exercises and swiss ball exercises.So, the latest , effective and economical options for treatment can be used by the physical therapists and can be guided to the patients in order to gain long-lasting effects.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Both genders (male & female)

  • Age group 20-40 years
  • History of neck pain for more than 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• History of any neck surgery
• Neoplasms
• Any systemic disease
• Bony disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

Core stability exercises along with conventional physical therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Core stability exercises

Treatment:

Other: Core stability exercises along with conventional physical therapy

Swiss ball exercises along with the conventional physical therapy protocol

Experimental group

Description:

Swiss ball exercises

Treatment:

Other: Swiss ball exercises along with the conventional physical therapy protocol