Impact Of Cervical High-Intensity Resistive Exercises In Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: Cervical High-Intensity Resistive Exercises; Other: Conventional physical therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07132229

P.T.REC/012/004930

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purposes of the study

To investigate the effect of adding Cervical High-Intensity Resistive Exercises to conventional physical therapy in patients with Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

Full description

Patients will be randomized into either Cervical High-Intensity Resistive Exercises group or Conventional physical therapy group. Patients will receive the intervention for six weeks. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and post-intervention.

Enrollment: 34 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Thirty-four patients diagnosed CNSNP.
2. Age of the patients between 20-40 years.
3. Non-specific neck pain started more than 3 months.
4. Reduce ventilatory function; FVC >= 70% from predicted.
5. Waist to height ratio (WtHR)> 60 %.
6. Positive craniocervical flexion test.
7. Positive neck flexor endurance test.
8. Pain at neck after prolonged static weight bearing positions.
9. Pain with palpation of the neck paraspinal or suboccipital or trapezius muscles.

Exclusion criteria

1. History of whiplash injury.
2. Clinical sign of cervical radiculopathy.
3. Clinical signs of cervical myelopathy.
4. Rheumatoid Arthritis or any other autoimmune diseases.
5. Any respiratory disorders.
6. Tumors.
7. vertebrobasilar insufficiency VBI.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

Cervical High-Intensity Resistive Exercises + Conventional physical therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in this group will receive Cervical High-Intensity Resistive Exercises + Conventional physical therapy

Treatment:

Other: Conventional physical therapy

Other: Cervical High-Intensity Resistive Exercises

Conventional physical therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients in this group will receive Conventional physical therapy

Treatment:

Other: Conventional physical therapy