Tokyo, Oct. 3 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000063157) titled 'Comparison of the Effect of Neck Stabilization Exercises with and without Pain Neuroscience Education on Pain, Functional Disability, Range of motion and Proprioception in clients with NonSpecific Chronic Neck Pain.' on Oct. 3.
Study Type:
Interventional
Study Design:
Basic Design - Parallel
Randomization - Randomized
Blinding - Single blind -investigator(s) and assessor(s) are blinded
Control - No treatment
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - self funding
Condition:
Condition - pre test - post test
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - The primary objective of this study is to compare the effect of neck stabilization exercises with and without pain neuroscience education (PNE) on pain, functional disability, range of motion, and proprioception in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain.
Basic objectives2 - Efficacy
Intervention:
Interventions/Control_1 - Neck stabilization exercises
Interventions/Control_2 - Combined (stabilization + PNE)
Eligibility:
Age-lower limit - 25
years-old
=
Gender - Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria - Men and women aged years with normal body mass index (BMI).
No fracture, dislocation, or disc herniation in the cervical spine.
No other chronic pain in other body regions.
No history of invasive or minimally invasive spinal treatments.
No use of psychotropic or neurological medications.
No migraine (screened using a questionnaire).
No obvious postural deformities or other visually detectable abnormalities that could affect the study.
Chronic nonspecific neck pain lasting more than 3 months.
Pain intensity between 5 and 7 on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).
Willingness to participate in the corrective exercise program.
Willingness to participate in the study and sign informed consent.
Key exclusion criteria - Irregular attendance at training sessions: missing 2 consecutive sessions or 3 total sessions.
Failure to complete the pre-test and post-test assessments.
Pain exacerbation during the exercise protocol.
Development of musculoskeletal pain in other body regions during the study.
Target Size - 51
Recruitment Status:
Recruitment status - Preinitiation
Date of protocol fixation - 2026 Year 09 Month 13 Day
Date of IRB - 2026 Year 08 Month 01 Day
Anticipated trial start date - 2026 Year 10 Month 03 Day
Last follow-up date - 2026 Year 11 Month 16 Day
To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000072275
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