The Effects of Yoga and Motor Control Exercises in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

Hacettepe University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Chronic Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: Yoga; Other: Motor control exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06568354

FTREK24/24

Details and patient eligibility

About

Identification of the effects of yoga and motor control exercises on pain intensity, pain sensitivity, function, and pain cognition in individuals with neck pain.

Full description

Patients participating in the study were divided into two parallel groups. The patients in the motor control exercise group were instructed to perform motor control exercises, which consist of strengthening of the deep cervical flexors, deep cervical extensors, and axioscapular muscles; stretching exercises; postural correction exercises, and patients in the yoga group were instructed to perform a yoga program, which consists of breathing, relaxation, and flexibility exercises.

Enrollment: 39 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Non-specific neck pain
• Must be pain at least 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• History of any cervical spine surgery
• Presence of neurological deficit
• Having been diagnosed with cardiovascular or systemic diseases that would prevent him/her from taking exercise training.
• Inflammatory, infectious, or tumoral disease of the vertebra
• Severe/progressive scoliosis, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis
• had been diagnosed with a neurological disease
• were currently pregnant.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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39 participants in 2 patient groups

Yoga Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

A yoga exercise program will be applied in two sessions per week, a total of eight weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Yoga

Motor Control Exercise Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Motor control exercise program will be applied two sessions per week, totally eight week.

Treatment:

Other: Motor control exercises