The NEXERCISE-trial: Reshaping Exercise Programs for Patients With Non-specific Neck Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04749823
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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 Nexercise-trial is a blended treatment program for patients with chronic non-specific neck pain. We will investigate whether a blended treatment approach, combining specific neck exercises and general aerobic exercises, has better outcome (on medical impact for the patient and socio-economic impact) than a specific neck exercise program alone or a general aerobic exercise program alone.
Study details
- Official title
- The NEXERCISE-trial: When Pain Neuroscience and Clinical Exercise Physiology Meet: Reshaping Exercise Programs for Patients With Non-specific Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Blended treatment program
- Other: Specific strength exercise program
- Other: General aerobic exercise program
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
- Start date
- 2021-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2022-09-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Belgium
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Neck pain \> 3 months * Mean pain intensity \> 3/10 during the preceding month * Native Dutch speaker * Being able to walk normally Exclusion Criteria: * People with specific causes of neck pain (such as cervical disc herniation with nerve root impingement, severe osteoarthritis, fractures) * Major depression or psychiatric illness * Life threatening, metabolic, cardiovascular, neurologic, systemic diseases, diagnosed sleeping disorder * Pregnancy or given birth in the preceding year * History of head, neck or shoulder surgery * Fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome * Body mass index \> 30 kg/m2
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04749823