Additive Effects of Dental Bite Pads During Gymnastic Exercises for the Relief of Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain in Working Women and Men at a VDU Workplace
CompletedNot applicableNCT05302466
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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 study which includes 52 participants suffering from chronic neck pain, determines additional effects of dental bite pads on neck pain and function when performing a 3-month gymnastics programme.
Study details
- Official title
- Additive Effects of Dental Bite Pads During Gymnastic Exercises for the Relief of Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain in Working Women and Men at a VDU Workplace
- Conditions
- Chronic Neck Pain
- TMD
- Temporomandibular Dysfunction
- Interventions
- Device: gymnastics plus silicon dental bite pad
- Other: gymnastics only
- Sponsor
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School
- Start date
- 2021-12-01
- Primary completion
- 2022-03-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 30 Years to 65 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: * Men and women 30-65 LJ * Chronic non-specific neck pain \[4\] (at least for 3 months, pain intensity ≥2 (NRS) on at least 50% of days). * Sedentary work, VDU work Exclusion Criteria: * Specific neck pain (e.g. herniated disc, spinal stenosis, etc.) * Cervical spine-related neuronal symptoms (paresthesia, brachialgia, paresis) * Continuous pain medication * Concurrent other therapy to influence neck pain * Absence ≥ 2 weeks during the intervention period * Regular sports training (≥ 60min/week) in the last 6 months
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05302466