Efficiency of Modified Pilates Exercises in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

Dokuz Eylül University (DEU)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Neck Pain

Treatments

Other: daily life advises

Other: modified pilates exercise

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03782584

DEU.HSI.MSc-2015970022

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of modified pilates exercises on neck pain, deep neck flexor muscles edurance, joint position sense and functionality in patients with chronic neck pain.

Full description

50 individuals with Chronic Neck Pain not working will be included to our study. We will evaluate pain (with visual analog scale), deep neck flexors' endurance (with cranio-cervical flexure test using the pressure stabilizing feedback device), cervical range of motion and cervical proprioception (wit cervical range of motion device). Besides we will conduct a questionnaire (neck disability index) to get further knowledge about their functionality. Participants will be randomly allocated 2 groups consisting of 25 participants and these 2 groups will receive different interventions. Modified Pilates Exercise Group (MPEG) will be involved in a modified pilates exercise training for a total of 6 weeks a day, 2 days a week in the presence of a physiotherapist. The Control Group (KG) will receive daily routine advises to prevent neck pain and they will be asked about to apply these advises and not to make other changes in their life. The evaluations will be repeated and analyzed 2 times, pre-treatment and 6 weeks after treatment , and the effectiveness of the modified pilates exercises will be examined in the chronic neck pain. Our hypothesis is ''Modified pilates exercises have a positive effect on neck pain, range of motion, deep neck flexor muscles, joint position sense and function in patients with chronic neck pain.''

Enrollment

49 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 60 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Having neck pain more than 3 months
No physical therapy in last year
No background with pilates exercises
Being able to understand Turkish, treatment and evaluations.
Being able to complete all the evaluations and treatment

Exclusion criteria

Fracture or surgery background with shoulder, cervical area or other extremities.
Any systemic musculoskeletal diseases
Existing chest deformities or scoliosis
Cervical hernia, neuropathy or whiplash.
Pregnancy
Having pain above 7 in VAS
Any other pain that could prevent people from doing exercises