Effects of Global Postural Exercises Versus Specific Therapeutic Neck Exercises in Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04402463
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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 is a randomized, parallel, blinded, clinical trial of treatments. The general objective of this study is to analyze and compare the short-term results, during a 4-week follow-up, of two different treatments in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain. The treatments to be applied are Global Postural Reeducation (GPR) and specific therapeutic exercise, applied during 8 treatment sessions in 4 weeks. These treatments will be applied by a physiotherapist with clinical experience in the treatment of cervical pain. During the study, 4 evaluations will be carried out to assess the effects of the interventions on pain, disability, standing postural control and neuromuscular behavior of the cervical muscles ((1) Baseline (pre-intervention); 2) Second pre-intervention (1 week later); 3) 1st post-intervention after four sessions (1+2 weeks later); 4) Final, 2nd post-intervention (1+4 weeks later))
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Global Postural Exercises Versus Specific Therapeutic Neck Exercises on Pain, Disability, Postural Control, and Neuromuscular Efficiency in Women With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Global Postural Reeducation
- Other: Exercise Therapeutic
- Sponsor
- University of Salamanca
- Collaborators
- Instituto Politécnico da Guarda
- Start date
- 2020-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-10-14
- Sex
- Female
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Portugal, Spain
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Non-specific chronic neck pain (neck or upper shoulder pain that is not related to a known pathology or injury, with an evolution of at least 12 weeks) Exclusion Criteria: * Specific cause of cervical pain (systemic, traumatic, rheumatic pathology, discal pathology,...) * Central or peripheral neurological signs * Cognitive impairment to follow instructions during the evaluations or interventions * History of cervical surgery * Treatment of physical therapy in the last 3 months * Pharmacologic treatment during the study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04402463