Alexander Technique Neck Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT02209480
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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)
This study aimed to test the efficacy of five Alexander Technique lessons compared to the same period of heat pad application and guided imagery in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Randomized Controlled Trial on the Efficacy of F.M. Alexander Technique in Chronic Neck Pain Patients
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Alexander Technique
- Device: Heat pad application
- Behavioral: guided imagery
- Sponsor
- Universität Duisburg-Essen
- Start date
- 2007-12
- Primary completion
- 2008-08
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 50 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: * chronic non-specific neck pain * at least 3 months * 40mm pain intensity on visual analog scale Exclusion Criteria: * neck pain as consequence of disc protrusion or prolapse, whiplash, congenital deformity of the spine, spinal stenosis, neoplasm, inflammatory rheumatic disease, neurological disorder, * active oncologic disease * affective disorder * addiction * psychosis. * pregnancy * invasive treatment of the spine within the previous three weeks * spinal surgery * previous experiences in Alexander Technique * ongoing application for disability pension * simultaneous participation in other clinical trials on neck pain
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02209480