Effects of Scapulothoracic Stabilization Exercises on Pain and Neck Function in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT05777434
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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)
Neck pain is a common musculoskeletal disorder, involving discomfort and pain around the neck region, which results in limited neck function. Due to chronic neck pain, patient's neck function, cervical proprioception, ROM and cervical muscle strength is affected. Exercise is considered as one of the evidence-based modality to decrease pain, prevent further injury, increase muscle strength, endurance and flexibility, improve proprioception, and contribute and sustain normal life activities. In addition, recent studies suggest that exercises including not only neck but also scapulothoracic region might be more beneficial for the management of patients with chronic neck pain.Scapulothoracic stabilization exercises in addition to cervical stabilization exercises have the potential of improving this cervical sensorimotor control, however evidence is deficient Hence, this study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of adding scapula-thoracic stabilization training to conventional physical therapy on pain and neck function in the patients with chronic neck pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Scapulothoracic Stabilization Exercises on Pain and Neck Function in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Conventional Physical Therapy for Chronic Neck Pain
- Procedure: Scapulothoracic Stabilization Exercises
- Sponsor
- Foundation University Islamabad
- Start date
- 2023-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2023-06-15
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 45 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Pakistan
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with Chronic neck pain greather than 3 months * Adults aged 18-45 years * Both Male and Female * Subjects with non-specific neck pain without specific identifiable etiology (infection, inflammatory disease etc) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with history of previous neck/ shoulder surgery * History of cervical spine injury or surgery * History of any psychological disorder. * Pregnant females. * Patient suffering from neck pain secondary to other conditions (neoplasm,neurological or vascular disease) * Patient experiencing neck pain due to other causes such as tumors, fractures, radiculopathy etc. * Patients who have received physiotherapy for neck pain from last 1 month
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05777434