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Effectiveness of an Eye-Cervical Re-education Program in Chronic Neck Pain

NCT03197285 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2017-06-23

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Summary

The aim of the present study is to value the effectiveness of an Eye-Cervical Re-education Program (ECRP) to decrease pain and increase mobility in the cervical area compared to a Combined Physiotherapy Protocol (CPP) in patients with chronic neck pain symptoms.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain
  • Eye Strain

Interventions

OTHER

EYE-CERVICAL RE-EDUCATION PROGRAM

Subjects received a total of ten sessions on alternate days. This includes a total of 10 exercises that has proprioceptive reprogramming in the cervical area with the following phases: 1. To stimulate ocular mobility without including the cervical movement. The patient was placed in the supine position and the physiotherapist seated, at the height of the head. 2. To exercise cervical mobility with restricted eye movement. The patient is placed on a rotating stool. The ocular mobility is excluded with opaque glasses that allowed exclusively the foveal vision 3. Finally we stimulate eye and neck movement coordination. The patient continued to sit on the stool, this time without the glasses.

OTHER

Combined Physiotherapy Protocol

Thermotherapy (70 w continuous microwave for 10 minutes), therapeutic massage (surface rubbing for 5 minutes, 10 minutes of compression and kneading massage and 2 minutes of final surface friction), application of analgesic currents (TENS, by self-adhesive silicone electrodes 4x4 cm, symmetrical biphasic rectangular current, 200 µs width pulse, a frequency of 1 Hz for 10 minutes. The patient should notice a slight vibration, without it being painful).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Cadiz

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-11-30
Completion
2016-05-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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