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Proprioceptive Puzzle: Effects on Quantitative Sensory Tests and Body Awareness

NCT06559397 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-11-25

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Summary

Background: Cervical proprioception, referring to the awareness of the head's position in space, plays a crucial role in maintaining postural control and preventing musculoskeletal injuries. While previous research has established the importance of cervical proprioception in motor function, its specific impact on body awareness and pain-related aspects remains less explored, particularly in healthy young individuals.

Aim: This prospective cross-sectional study aims to investigate the impact of cervical proprioceptive error on body awareness, pressure pain threshold, pressure pain tolerance, conditioned pain modulation, and temporal summation in healthy young individuals.

Methods: In asymptomatic participants, cervical proprioception will be assessed using the 'head position error test' in both right and left rotation directions with the CROM device. Participants will be then divided into two groups based on the presence of proprioceptive deviation (\>5°). Body awareness will beassessed using the 'Body Awareness Questionnaire,' while pressure pain threshold, pain tolerance, and temporal summation will be measured bilaterally with an algometer device (2 cm lateral to the C2 and C7 spinal processes, midpoint of the upper part of the trapezius, and over the temporomandibular joint) in both groups. Subsequently, the two groups will be compared using independent samples t-tests.

Conditions

  • Cervical Proprioceptive Error in Healthy Young Individuals

Interventions

OTHER

Assessment of cervical proprioception

Cervical proprioception will be assessed using the 'head position error test' in both right and left rotation directions with the CROM device. Participants will be then divided into two groups based on the presence of proprioceptive errors (\>5°).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Nagihan Acet

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nagihan Acet · Atılım University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
25 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-09-01
Primary Completion
2025-01-01
Completion
2025-02-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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