The Investigation of Thoracic Spinal Curvature and Mobility in Subjects With and Without Neck Pain: Cut-off Points

Ataturk Training and Research Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Neck pain intensity measurement; Device: Spinal Mouse® measurement

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02424058

2015-56/32

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the sagittal thoracic spinal curvature and mobility in subjects with and without chronic neck pain, cut-off points and pain relationship

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients aged between 18 and 65 years with persistent neck pain for more than 3 months
• The inclusion criteria for the control group included acceptance to participate in the study, no previous neck pain (lifetime-to-date), no spinal surgery or deformity, and no radiological abnormalities detected

Exclusion criteria

• Prior history of injury or surgery relating to spine, spinal deformity, neurological symptoms or signs, radiological abnormalities indicating cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy, prior history of other spinal disorder such as low back pain, active intervention in the last 3 months including drug therapy or physiotherapy, malignancy, systemic pathology including any rheumatologic disease and osteoporosis

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Neck pain

Description:

Patients aged between 18 and 65 years with persistent neck pain for more than 3 months

Treatment:

Behavioral: Neck pain intensity measurement

Device: Spinal Mouse® measurement

Healthy

Description:

Acceptance to participate in the study, no previous neck oain (lifetime-to-date), no spinal surgery or deformity, and no radiological abnormalities detected

Treatment:

Device: Spinal Mouse® measurement