Neck Motion and Motor Control in Chronic Neck Pain and Associations With Clinical Symptoms

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neck Pain

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01778036

2011/2522

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary purpose of this study is to investigate if there is altered motor control of head and neck in chronic neck pain patients compared with healthy persons. In addition, associations between neck pain, motor control, disability and function, and clinical symptoms will be studied in patients following physiotherapy treatment in primary health care.

Enrollment: 84 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 67 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Idiopathic neck pain with duration >2 weeks
• Normal or corrected vision
• Pain at or above 3 on Numeric Rating Scale, with "low pain" defined as 3-4 and "high pain" as 5 or higher.

Exclusion criteria

• Systemic or diagnosed chronic disease, including diabetes, stroke and neurological diseases, that may influence motor control and neck pain or ability to perform tests
• positive spurling test for neurological radiating arm pain
• pregnancy
• whiplash
• insufficient comprehension of Norwegian language

Trial design

84 participants in 1 patient group

Neck pain patients following physiotherapy treatment

Description:

Neck pain patients will follow physiotherapy treatment in primary health care.