Pain Neurophysiology Education and Exercise for Adolescents With Chronic Idiopathic Neck Pain

Aveiro University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Neck Pain

Treatments

Other: neurophysiology of pain education and exercises

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02827994

PCEDCSS_FMUP 5/2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study compared the effectiveness of pain neurophysiology education and neck/shoulder exercises with no intervention in adolescents with chronic idiopathic neck pain (CINP).

Full description

Forty three adolescents with chronic idiopathic neck pain were randomly allocated to receive pain neurophysiology education and shoulder/neck exercises (n=21) or no intervention (n=22). Data on pain intensity (Visual Analogue Scale), pain disability, neck flexor and extensor muscles endurance, scapulae stabilizers endurance, pain catastrophizing (Pain catastrophizing Scale), trait and state anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) and knowledge of pain neurophysiology (Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire) were collected. Measurements were taken before and after the intervention.

Statistical analysis were performed using a mixed-methods ANOVA.

Enrollment

43 patients

Sex

All

Ages

16 to 20 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

To be invited to enter the study participants had to have chronic idiopathic neck/shoulder pain, defined as pain felt in the neck/shoulder regions at least once a week in the previous 3 months.

Exclusion criteria