Effects of Manual Therapy and Exercise Training of Diaphragm in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04664842
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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 is a commonly reported problem and often associated with functional disability. Studies showed that patients with chronic neck pain compensated with changes in breathing pattern. Primary functions of the diaphragm includes as the main respiratory muscle and contributing to the postural stability and spinal control. Diaphragm is located between the thorax and abdomen and has extensive and complex fascial connections to surrounding organs, muscles, and skeletons. Few studies showed that applying diaphragmatic manual techniques and breathing exercise training help to improve functions in patients with low back pain. However, how does the interventions directly influence on patients with chronic neck pain is still unclear. In this study, we make a hypothesis that diaphragmatic stretch technique and breathing exercise training help to reduce pain and improve functions in patients with chronic neck pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effect of Diaphragmatic Stretch Technique and Breathing Exercise Intervention in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Diaphragmatic Stretch Technique
- Other: Breathing Exercise Training
- Sponsor
- National Cheng Kung University
- Start date
- 2020-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-09-15
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Taiwan
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: * Chronic or recurrent neck pain from upper cervical to T1 area * Condition last for 3 months and above Exclusion Criteria: * Acute neck pain * Previous neck, shoulder or thoracic surgery * Neurological disease * Cardiopulmonary disease（Eg. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), asthma, chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema） * Smoking * Pregnancy * Tumour * Psychological disease * Neuromuscular disease * Back pain * Anaemia or Diabetes * Neck rehabilitation for past 12 month * Scoliosis or other diseases that cause spine and chest deformity * BMI \> 30
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04664842