Clinical and Brain Activity Assessment Before and After Physiotherapy in People With Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain
RecruitingNot applicableNCT07756229
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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 goal of this clinical trial is to investigate whether electroencephalographic features are associated with the multidimensional clinical characteristics of adults with chronic non-specific neck pain and whether clinical and brain function measures change following physiotherapy. Participants with chronic non-specific neck pain will receive six weekly treatment sessions consisting of a manual physiotherapy and neck-specific exercise programme, including a home exercise programme. Clinical, psychophysical, and 64-channel electroencephalographic assessments will be performed at baseline and approximately one week after completion of the intervention. Clinical outcomes will also be reassessed 12 weeks after the last treatment session. Electroencephalographic recordings will be obtained while participants are seated comfortably and instructed to remain relaxed. EEG-derived measures will be examined in relation to pain intensity, neck-related disability, psychological and cognitive-affective factors, sleep quality, and psychophysical pain responses. Healthy participants without chronic neck pain will undergo a comparable baseline assessment to provide reference data for the interpretation of brain function in the clinical group.
Study details
- Official title
- Predictors of Response After Physiotherapy Treatment in People With Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain
- Interventions
- Other: Manual physiotherapy and neck-specific exercise programme
- Sponsor
- Ander Cervantes Benítez
- Organization
- University of Deusto
- Start date
- 2024-03-21
- Primary completion
- 2027-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Spain
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Chronic non-specific neck pain (\>3 months duration) * Willing and able to sign informed consent for study participation Exclusion Criteria: * Concomitant neurological or psychiatric disease apart from depression (especially severe mental disorder or psychopathology) * Regular (daily) intake of benzodiazepines * Signs of severe disease, cervical myelopathy, tumour, rheumatic diseases or a neurological pathology of central origin * Neck pain of traumatic origin or as a result of whiplash * Previous surgical intervention of the cervical spine
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07756229