Effect of Combined Neck Strength Exerciser Plus Physiotherapy to Treatment Chronic Neck Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT01774734
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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)
1. Chronic neck pain is common in general population. * High health care source expenditure * Multiple therapeutic approaches available with limited evidence * Previous studies showed active strengthening exercise improved pain (VAS) and functional performance (NDI) * Muscle strengthening exercise with biofeedback technique showed more long-lasting effect in patients with chronic neck pain 2. The investigators hypothesize that daily use of the neck strength exerciser (NSE), combined biofeedback technique with muscle strengthening exercise posture adjustment, in addition to traditional physiotherapy, could have more long-lasting and prominent effect on pain and functional improvement in patients with chronic neck pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effect of Combined Neck Strength Exerciser Plus Physiotherapy in Treatment of Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Cervicalgia
- Interventions
- Other: Physical therapy
- Device: Neck Strength Exerciser (NSE)
- Sponsor
- Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital
- Start date
- 2011-09
- Primary completion
- 2013-09
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Taiwan
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult, ≧20 yr. * Constantly or frequently occurring neck pain for more than 3 months in the last 1 year. * Motivated and willing to participate in rehabilitation therapy * Sign written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Neck or shoulder surgery. * Clinical evidence of cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy. * History of disk disease, degenerative joint disease, fracture, or dislocation in the cervical vertebrae. * Severe pathological change in the cervical vertebrae, including inflammatory rheumatic disease and tumor. * History of poor diet, hypothyroidism, or other severe systemic disorders. * Cognitive deficit and severe psychiatric illness.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01774734