Swimming Adapted, Therapeutic Exercise and Health Education in the Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT02046876
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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)
Chronic neck pain (CNP) is defined as pain or intense discomfort in the lateral or back of the neck with an establishment and/or persistence period of over 12 weeks. The socio-economic system is seriously affected by chronic neck pain due to direct and indirect costs on the health system Physical exercise is used to improve physical function and reduce the symptoms of pain and stiffness due to chronic neck pain. It has been demonstrated that therapeutic exercise in water is effective to improve functional capacity and symptoms in patients with chronic neck pain. In adition, health education and posture is an important component of the overall treatment of neck pain. Interventions that integrate physical activity, adapted swimming and health education as an intervention for chronic neck pain sufferers have not been found. Furthermore the aim of this study is to analyse the effect of a physiothperapy treatment that combine adapted swimming, therapeutic exercise and health education in patients with chronic neck pain. Hypothesis: the present intervention will be an effective tool to treat patients suffering chronic neck pain. Methods: chronic neck pain patients from a community-based centre will be recruite participate in this prospective study. Intervention: 60 min session: 30 min of land exercise dedicated to improve mobility, motor control, resistance and strengthening of the neck muscles, 30 min of adapted swimming with aerobic exercise keeping neutral neck position by using a snorkel. Health education will be provided by the physiotherapist before and during the sessions using a decalogue on chronic neck pain and constant repetition of brief advice. Study outcomes: disability (Neck Disability Index), physical and mental health state and quality of life of patients (SF-12 and EuroQoL 5D respectively). Differences between baseline data and that at the 8-week follow-up were calculated for all outcome variables. Statistical Analysis: descriptive statistics. Analysis o…
Study details
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Multimodal Physiotherapy Program
- Sponsor
- University of Malaga
- Start date
- 2013-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Spain
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Suffers Neck Pain for more than 12 weeks. * Delivery of informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Neck pain due to an identifiable cause. * Surgery on the spine in the 12 month * Traffic accident in the last 3 months * Cervical radiculopathy * Pregnancy. * Patients who suffered a condition that could alter the effects of treatment * People who could not swim and/or present treatment difficulty.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02046876