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Effects of Specific Training for Deep Neck Muscle

NCT02656030 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2016-02-15

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Summary

Recent studies indicate that the patients with chronic neck pain present decreased activation and weak of neck muscles, especially deep flexor and extensor muscles. Alterations of deep are associated with pain and impairment of neck function in chronic neck pain.

Exercise is known to be an important component of treatment programs for patients with neck pain. Recently, many studies have focused on specific training on deep cervical muscles, especially deep cervical flexor and deep cervical extensor muscles.Numerous studies using cranio-cervical flexor exercise as a treatment have revealed reduction on pain, neck disability, changing in activation of deep cervical flexor muscles. Further, the cervical extensor muscles are believed to be equally important for the rehabilitation of patients with neck pain. However, the retention effect of semispinalis cervicis exercise is unknown. Therefore, the semispinalis cervicis exercise still need more evidence to support clinically effects.

The current study will be conducted to fill the gap of the previous study in immediately, short, and long term effects of semispinalis cervicis exercise in chronic neck pain.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

OTHER

semispinalis cervicis resisted exercise

semispinalis cervicis resisted exercise, 2 time per week, 6 weeks duration

OTHER

cranio-cervical flexion exercise

cranio-cervical flexion exercise, 2 time per week, 6 weeks duration

OTHER

usual care

usual care, 2 time per week, 6 weeks duration

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Khon Kaen University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thavatchai Suvarnnato, M.Sc. PT · Research Center in Back, Neck, Other Joint Pain and Human Performance, Khon Kaen University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
59 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Thailand

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