The Comparison of Pilates with Cognitive Functional Therapy in Adults with Chronic Neck Pain

European University Cyprus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: Cognitive Functional Therapy; Other: Pilates

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06225063

ΕΕΒΚ/ΕΠ/2023/20

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of Pilates compared with Cognitive Functional Therapy in adults with chronic neck pain.

Full description

Firstly, people being informed about the study and those who determine eligibility criteria they written informer consent. After this, the participants will be randomized by a single-blind assessor in a 1:1 ration to pilates exercises and cognitive functional therapy. The participants of both groups will receive therapy twice a week for eight weeks.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 64 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18-64
• Pain in neck area for more than 3 months
• Pain in NPRS more than 40/100
• Independently mobility (with or without aid), to be capable of participating in a rehabilitation program twice a week

Exclusion criteria

• Serious psychological pathology
• Recently surgery on shoulder or neck area (<6 months)
• Pain relieving procedures such as injection based therapy and day case procedures (e.g. rhizotomy) in the last 3 months
• Pregnancy
• Rheumatologic/inflammatory disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, lupus, Scheuermann's disease)
• Progressive neurological disease (e.g. Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Motor Neuron Disease)
• Unstable Cardiac Conditions
• Red flags disorders (malignancy/cancer, acute traumas like fracture (<6 months ago) or infection, spinal cord compression/cauda equina)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Pilates Group

Experimental group

Description:

In the first session participants will received the 6 basic principles of the technique. All the other sessions will last 50 minutes and consist of warm-up, main program and cool-down exercises. The degree of difficulty of the exercises of the main part will progress every 2 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Pilates

Cognitive Functional Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

In this group the participants will receive personalized treatment and therefore the sessions will be done individually for each one. All interventions will include a) a cognitive component, b) specific functional training and c) lifestylwe changes

Treatment:

Other: Cognitive Functional Therapy