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Effects of Adding Photobiomodulation to a Specific Therapeutic Exercise Program for the Treatment of Individuals With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain.

NCT05400473 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2025-03-26

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Summary

In the current clinical and scientific reality, conservative treatment is the most coherent clinical management with a view to the proper rehabilitation of patients with chronic neck pain, with a trend towards the use of therapeutic exercise. However, some uncertainty about the effectiveness of therapeutic exercises still remains, requiring further studies with high methodological rigor, especially with regard to multimodal treatment, such as the combination of therapeutic exercises with photobiomodulation. Thus, the objective of this project is to evaluate the effects of adding photobiomodulation to a program of specific therapeutic exercises for the treatment of individuals with chronic non-specific neck pain. For this, 60 participants will be randomized into two groups: therapeutic exercise group + photobiomodulation (n = 30), and therapeutic exercise group (n = 30). There will be 10 treatment sessions and participants will be evaluated before, after the 10 sessions, and 4 weeks after the end of treatment using the Numerical Pain Scale, Neck Disability Index, Catastrophic Thoughts about Pain Scale, and Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale. In the statistical analysis, a linear mixed model will be applied, considering the interaction between the time and group factors. Finally, the addition of photobiomodulation to a therapeutic exercise program is expected to generate clinical improvements for patients with chronic neck pain.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Therapeutic exercise

This group will consist of 30 participants. A program consisting of specific therapeutic exercises for the cervical region will be applied.

OTHER

Photobiomodulation

Photobiomodulation will be applied on the cervical region. To perform the photobiomodulation protocol, a low power infrared laser therapy unit will be used.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cid André Fidelis de Paula Gomes

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cid Gomes, Phd · University of Nove de Julho

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-07-30
Primary Completion
2025-03-15
Completion
2025-03-15

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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