Visual Feedback in Chronic Neck Pain

Aveiro University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: Visual feedback; Other: No visual feedback

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03493334

12-CED/2018

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of visual feedback of the posterior region of the cervical spine on pain intensity and range of motion.

Full description

60 patients with chronic idiopathic neck pain will be randomly assigned into one of two groups: a group receiving visual feedback when performing 10 repetitions of each of neck movements (flexion, extension, side-flexion and rotation) and a group performing the same task without visual feedback. Participants will be assessed for pain intensity, pain location, disability, range of motion, kinesiophobia, catastrophizing and anxiety both at baseline and after visual the intervention (i.e., neck movements with and without visual feedback).

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To have idiopathic neck pain defined as neck pain unrelated to any known pathology or lesion felt at least once a week in the last 3 months, located between the nuchal line and a horizontal line passing through T1 and pain intensity of at least 3 in the visual analogue scale.

Exclusion criteria

• History of cervical or facial trauma, radiculopathy, history of surgery in the vertebral segment in question, congenital anomalies involving the spine (cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine) or any neurological or rheumatic pathology, and, finally, evidence of significant visual changes, or of deficits not corrected by lenses or glasses.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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42 participants in 2 patient groups

Visual feedback

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive visual feedback of their neck when performing 10 repetitions of each of neck movements (flexion, extension, side-flexion and rotation).

Treatment:

Other: Visual feedback

No visual feedback

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this group will perform 10 repetitions of each of neck movements (flexion, extension, side-flexion and rotation) without feedback.

Treatment:

Other: No visual feedback