Neck Motion and Motor Control in Chronic Neck Pain and Associations With Clinical Symptoms
CompletedNCT01778036
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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 primary purpose of this study is to investigate if there is altered motor control of head and neck in chronic neck pain patients compared with healthy persons. In addition, associations between neck pain, motor control, disability and function, and clinical symptoms will be studied in patients following physiotherapy treatment in primary health care.
Study details
- Official title
- Neck Motion and Motor Control in Chronic Neck Pain and Associations With Clinical Symptoms
- Conditions
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Collaborators
- University of Oslo
- Start date
- 2013-01
- Primary completion
- 2014-08
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 67 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Norway
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Idiopathic neck pain with duration \>2 weeks * Normal or corrected vision * Pain at or above 3 on Numeric Rating Scale, with "low pain" defined as 3-4 and "high pain" as 5 or higher. Exclusion Criteria: * Systemic or diagnosed chronic disease, including diabetes, stroke and neurological diseases, that may influence motor control and neck pain or ability to perform tests * positive spurling test for neurological radiating arm pain * pregnancy * whiplash * insufficient comprehension of Norwegian language
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01778036