Qigong and Exercise for Neck Pain in Adults (QENA)
CompletedNot applicableNCT00615732
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of qigong for the treatment of chronic neck pain compared to exercise therapy and waiting list group.
Study details
- Official title
- Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of Qigong and Exercise Therapy in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Qigong
- Procedure: exercise therapy
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
- Start date
- 2008-03
- Primary completion
- 2009-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Germany
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * clinical diagnosis of chronic neck pain since at least 6 months and complaints for a maximum duration of 5 years * neck pain more prominent than other pain in the spine * average pain intensity of the last 7 days more or equal to 40 mm measured by a visual analogue scale (VAS 0 - 100 mm) * normal mobility of the cervical spine * intellectual and physical ability to participate in the study * informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * cervical pain related to malignancy * cervical pain due to an accident * inflammatory joint disorders * previous spine surgery * protrusion/prolapse of a spinal disk, spondylolisthesis, with radicular symptomatology * actually doing or planning to do other regular physical exercise during the study with possible positive effects on neck pain - such as swimming, yoga, pilates, tai chi, etc. * use of pain drugs for other diseases (\> 1x/week) * pregnancy * severe chronic or acute disease interfering with therapy attendance * alcohol or substance abuse * participation in another clinical trial in the last 6 months before study entry
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00615732