Clinical Prediction Rules for Identifying Patients With Chronic Neck Pain Who Will Benefit From General Aerobic Exercise
CompletedNot applicableNCT02451267
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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 aim of the study is to investigate the effect of aerobic exercise on chronic neck pain. The study will be double blind randomized controlled trial . 120 patients with neck pain will be recruited for the study and divided into a research group and control group. The research group will receive neck exercise program with neck massage and aerobic exercise (leg bicycling with relaxed shoulders) and the control group will receive only neck exercise program with neck massage. Both intervention will be delivered by physiotherapist over 10 treatments and will include a home exercise program. In addition, clinical prediction rule (CPR) for identifying patients with neck pain who will respond better to an aerobic treatment program will be defined.
Study details
- Official title
- Clinical Prediction Rule for Identifying Patients With Chronic Neck Pain Who Will Benefit From General Aerobic Exercise
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: physical therapy treatment with aerobic exercise
- Other: physical therapy treatment
- Sponsor
- Clalit Health Services
- Collaborators
- University of Haifa
- Start date
- 2015-05
- Primary completion
- 2017-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 30 Years to 70 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Israel
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * chronic neck pain (\> 30 days) * neck disability index \>10 * not physical active on a daily basis Exclusion Criteria: * past history of whiplash injury or cervical surgery * pain radiates to the upper limb with neurological deficit (reduced reflex, sensation, muscle strength) * complain of vertigo * cervical spine diseases: Spondylosis, Spondylolisthesis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02451267