Effects of Core Stability Versus Swiss Ball Exercise in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

Brief summary (from the registry)

The study will be a randomized clinical trial to determine the effects of core stability versus swiss ball exercises on pain, range of motion and function in patients with chronic neck pain. A sample of 42 patients having neck pain since last 3 months will be taken from physical therapy department of "Bahawalpur medical \& dental hospital" and will be divided into two groups each with 21 patients. Patient of any gender(male or female) with no history of neck surgery or any systemic disease will be considered. Group A will receive core stability exercises along with conventional physical therapy while group B will receive swiss ball exercises along with the conventional physical therapy protocol. The conventional physical therapy protocol will include a hot pack, and cervical stretches. The session will be around 30-45 minutes for each patient with three sessions per week on alternate days. A total of four-week treatment regime will be given to the patients and an assessment of patient's pain, range of motion, and function with NPRS (numeric pain rating scale), goniometry, and NDI (neck disability index) will be done at the baseline and after 4 weeks of treatment, data will be analyzed by using SPSS version 21, after the completion of treatment at four weeks.

Study details

Official title

Effects of Core Stability Versus Swiss Ball Exercise Program on Pain, Range of Motion and Function in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

• Other: Core stability exercises along with conventional physical therapy
• Other: Swiss ball exercises along with the conventional physical therapy protocol

Sponsor

Riphah International University

Start date

2022-05-30

Primary completion

2022-12-30

Sex

All

Age range

from 20 Years to 40 Years

Results posted

No results posted in this snapshot

Countries

Pakistan

Total sites listed

1

Eligibility criteria