The Effects of tDAS Combined With Stabilization Exercises in Individuals With Chronic Neck Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT06193564
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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 aim of study was to investigate the effect of cervical stabilization exercises (CSE) combined with tDCS on functional status, cognitive functions and sleep quality in individuals with chronic neck pain. A total of 29 individuals with chronic neck pain (33.06±14.81 age) were included in the study. Combined CSE with tDCS (2 mA/20 min) was applied to the experimental group (n=10); only CSE was applied to the control group (n=10); placebo tDCS (0 mA/20 min) and CSE were applied to the sham group (n=9). Before and after the 8-week intervention comprising a total of 16 sessions, the following assessments were carried out: Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire (NBQ), Cervical Muscle Endurance Tests, The Profile Fitness Mapping Neck Questionnaire (ProFitMap-neck), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Trail Making Test (TMT) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
Study details
- Official title
- Investigation of the Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Combined With Stabilization Exercises on Functional Status, Cognitive Functions, and Sleep Quality in Individuals With Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Study
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Other: Cervical Stabilization Exercises
- Other: Sham-Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
- Start date
- 2023-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2023-11-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 3
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals between 18 and 65 years of age who had suffered from neck pain for at least 3 months * The rest pain score of 3-7 on the \"Visual Analog Scale\" (Javdaneh et al, 2021) Exclusion Criteria: * Neurological or psychiatric disorders, * including acute/chronic depression, history of head trauma resulting in loss of consciousness * epilepsy * history of neurosurgical intervention * intracranial hypertension * implanted devices * history of migraine * history of chronic/severe headache * skin conditions (psoriasis, etc.), uncontrollable diseases (endocrinologic, cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, hepatic, renal) * presence of systemic inflammatory disease or malignancy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06193564