Therapeutic Exercise Through Exergames on Mobile Devices for Cervical Rehabilitation (RehbeCa)

Universitat de les Illes Balears

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: RehbeCa mobile application; Other: Home exercise program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06794528

TED2021-131358A-I00_RCT

TED2021-131358A-I00 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to determine whether performing cervical therapeutic exercises using a serious game through a mobile application enhances treatment adherence compared to performing the same exercises at home following standard practice.

Full description

Participants in the study will be adults with non-specific neck pain (cervicalgia) who own a smartphone or tablet, and that give informed consent. Individuals with acute or severe conditions, such as recent surgeries or trauma, will be excluded. Before participation, they will be informed about the study and potential risks. The study is designed as a randomized clinical trial with two groups. The control group will follow a traditional home exercise program with written instructions, while the intervention group will use a personalized mobile app to guide their exercises. All participants will be asked to log their progress and any incidents in a compliance journal.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Persons of legal age with cervicalgia.
• Have a smart mobile device (smartphone or tablet) on which to download the App.

Exclusion criteria

• Acute musculoskeletal pathological processes or exacerbation (less than 15 days of evolution). Includes presentation of symptoms such as paraesthesia, radiating pain, loss of strength in the upper limb.

• Episodes of severe pain more than 15 days of evolution.

• Accident with cervical or dorsal injury within the last month.

• Refusing to sign the informed consent.

• Not having a device suitable for installation or lack of experience in the use of smart mobile devices.

• Baseline NDI score of less than 5.

• Presence of red flags:

  • Suspicion of fracture: advanced age, previous trauma, osteoporosis.
  • Suspicion of neurological involvement: loss of sensation in extremities, loss of strength or muscle mass.
  • Suspicion of infection: fever, night sweats.
  • Suspicion of cancer: Previous history of cancer, no improvement in one month of treatment, weight loss, headache, vomiting.
  • Suspicion of systemic disease: headache, fever, malaise, general headache, fever, malaise, unilateral skin rash (herpes).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Home exercise via mobile App

Experimental group

Description:

During two months, participants will be asked to use the therapeutic exercise game in the application three times a week.

Treatment:

Other: RehbeCa mobile application

Usual home exercise program

Active Comparator group

Description:

During two months, participants will be asked to performed the therapeutic exercise, previously explained, three times a week.

Treatment:

Other: Home exercise program