Effects of Therapeutic Exercise With Elastic Bands on Strength and Pain in Women With Non-specific Neck Pain.

University of Vigo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Exercise Therapy; Women; Neck Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Therapeutic exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05433649

0004

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study consists of an intervention of 16 therapeutic exercise sessions during 8 weeks with a frequency of two sessions per week. All sessions had a practical focus (strength and stretching exercises) with the help of elastic bands. In addition, they had an initial session and another at the end of the intervention in which measurements of the different variables (cervical pain, cervical flexor strength, cervical extensor strength and strength of the scapular stabilising musculature) were taken on two occasions, at the beginning of the study and at the end of the intervention, an average of 2 months.

Nonspecific neck pain has a higher incidence in women than in men. Female sex is a risk factor for this pathology. Clinical practice guidelines highlight the importance of preventing neck pain through exercise. There are previous studies on the effects of strength programmes on patients with non-specific neck pain, but none have used elastic bands as an implement, despite the fact that it is one of the most commonly used implements in physiotherapy clinics. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effects of an elastic band therapeutic exercise intervention in women with non-specific neck pain. It was previously hypothesised that this intervention would have positive effects on pain and strength in the cervical and scapular region.

Enrollment: 35 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women.
• 18-65 years of age.
• With non-specific neck pain for at least three months, with pain intensity (30-70 on a VAS).

Exclusion criteria

• Any previous neck or shoulder surgery, fibromyalgia, cervical radiculopathy/myelopathy, history of the whiplash injury, cognitive disorder.
• Missing more than sessions.
• Not being able to attend the measurement sessions.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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35 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants performing 16 sessions of therapeutic exercise for 8 weeks with a frequency of two sessions per week. All sessions had a practical focus (strength and stretching exercises) with the help of elastic bands.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Therapeutic exercise

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

They do not change their lifestyle and do not receive the therapeutic exercise sessions.