Effects of Neck Stabilization Exercise With Heat Therapies

Hilal Yeşil

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: NSE + HOT PACK THERAPY; Other: NSE + ultrasound therapy; Other: NSE + infrared therapy; Other: neck stabilization exercise (nse)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05771441

HYSHNP

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, we aimed to determine the effects of heat therapies and neck stabilization exercises on pain, disability, range of motion, and mood of NP patients.

Full description

Chronic non-specific neck pain (NP) has become one of the main causes of disability in the adult population around the world.Several treatment options used like; exercise, manual therapy, electrotherapy, and hot treatments etc. In this study, we aimed to determine the effects of heat therapies and neck stabilization exercises on pain, disability, range of motion, and mood of NP patients.100 patients with NP will be included.Patients will be randomyl assigned to 4 groups and will receive a total of 3 weeks of treatment. Patients' pain levels (visual analogoue scale VAS), quality of life (short form 36), mood (Beck deppression inventory BDI), range of motion, and neck disability index were evaluated prior to treatment, at 6th and at 12th weeks.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with chronic neck pain

Exclusion criteria

• sensory deficit on neck area, servical disc pathologies, neurological deficit, malignity, secondary causes for neck pain, active inflammation, arthritis on the neck area, serious mental health problems, pregnancy, spine surgery, and having received treatment to the cervical region in the last 6 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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100 participants in 4 patient groups

neck stabilization exercise (NSE)

Active Comparator group

Description:

the patients who had NSE

Treatment:

Other: neck stabilization exercise (nse)

NSE + HOT PACK THERAPY

Active Comparator group

Description:

the patients who had NSE+ hot pack

Treatment:

Other: NSE + HOT PACK THERAPY

NSE + infrared therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

the patients who had NSE+ infrared therapy

Treatment:

Other: NSE + infrared therapy

NSE + ultrasound therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

the patients who had NSE+ ultrasound therapy

Treatment:

Other: NSE + ultrasound therapy