Effects of Adding Photobiomodulation to a Specific Therapeutic Exercise Program for the Treatment of Individuals With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain.
CompletedNot applicableNCT05400473
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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)
In the current clinical and scientific reality, conservative treatment is the most coherent clinical management with a view to the proper rehabilitation of patients with chronic neck pain, with a trend towards the use of therapeutic exercise. However, some uncertainty about the effectiveness of therapeutic exercises still remains, requiring further studies with high methodological rigor, especially with regard to multimodal treatment, such as the combination of therapeutic exercises with photobiomodulation. Thus, the objective of this project is to evaluate the effects of adding photobiomodulation to a program of specific therapeutic exercises for the treatment of individuals with chronic non-specific neck pain. For this, 60 participants will be randomized into two groups: therapeutic exercise group + photobiomodulation (n = 30), and therapeutic exercise group (n = 30). There will be 10 treatment sessions and participants will be evaluated before, after the 10 sessions, and 4 weeks after the end of treatment using the Numerical Pain Scale, Neck Disability Index, Catastrophic Thoughts about Pain Scale, and Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale. In the statistical analysis, a linear mixed model will be applied, considering the interaction between the time and group factors. Finally, the addition of photobiomodulation to a therapeutic exercise program is expected to generate clinical improvements for patients with chronic neck pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Adding Photobiomodulation to a Specific Therapeutic Exercise Program for the Treatment of Individuals With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain.
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Therapeutic exercise
- Other: Photobiomodulation
- Sponsor
- Cid André Fidelis de Paula Gomes
- Organization
- University of Nove de Julho
- Start date
- 2023-07-30
- Primary completion
- 2025-03-15
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Brazil
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * With chronic neck pain (for more than 90 days) * Identified according to the following criteria: NDI score ≥ 5 * Numerical Pain Scale (END) score ≥ 3 at rest or during active neck movement Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals who had a history of cervical trauma; head, face, or cervical surgery * Degenerative diseases of the spine * Pain radiating to the upper limbs * Having been submitted to physiotherapeutic treatment for the cervical region in the last three months * Use of analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs, or muscle relaxants in the last week; the presence of systemic diseases * Medical diagnosis of fibromyalgia.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05400473