Effectiveness of an Intervention Plan Aimed at the Diaphragm in Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT06377995
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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 this study is to analyse the effectiveness of an intervention plan targeting the diaphragm, namely stretching technique, neuromuscular diaphragm and phrenic centre inhibition, in the treatment of chronic non-specific neck pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of an Intervention Plan Targeting the Diaphragm in Young Adults With Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain: Randomised Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Placebo technique
- Other: Diaphragm protocol
- Sponsor
- Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Porto
- Start date
- 2024-09
- Primary completion
- 2024-12-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 35 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Portugal
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Present a negative Jackson test; * Have a body mass index (BMI) of 20-29.9 kg/m2; * Suffer from chronic non-specific neck pain for 3 months or more. Exclusion Criteria: * Have a history of cervical spine surgery, as well as any trauma or fracture of the cervical spine, clavicle, scapula and ribs; * Have specific neck pain due to degenerative diseases (disc prolapse, scoliosis); * Having a congenital cervical deformity, such as torticollis; * Being pregnant; * Having rheumatic, oncological or respiratory pathologies; * Have liver or gallbladder pathologies; * Receiving physiotherapy, osteopathy, acupuncture or massage treatment for neck pain 3 months before and during participation in the study; * Taking analgesics, anti-inflammatories or muscle relaxants 5 days prior to the intervention.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06377995