Status:
COMPLETED
Addition of 3D Posture Corrective Orthosis to A Multimodal Program of Treatment Of NSNP.
Lead Sponsor:
Tongji Hospital
Conditions:
Neck Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
17-40 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Nonspecific neck pain (NSNP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal problems treated by orthopaedic physicians and physiotherapists . NSNP has an annual incidence rate of 38 to 73% and a lifetime p...
Detailed Description
Posture has emerged as a major risk factor associated with NSNP, but most previous studies have ignored correct posturing as an effective treatment. The few studies that used posture corrective strate...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria
- Male and female subjects age from 17 to 40 years
- Neck pain with equal or greater than 3/10 on a visual analogue scale (VAS) and pain lasting more than 3 months (chronic neck pain) \[26, 27\]
- Patients with neck disability; this is defined by a score of at least 5 (on a 50-point scale) on the neck disability index (NDI) \[28\]
- Patients will be included if they have posture abnormalities by screening test using GPS at least 2 posture abnormalities.
- Subjects must be able to continue treatment for 10 weeks and then attend 3-month follow-up
- If patients can accept and sign informed consent form
- Exclusion criteria
- If patient report any of the following conditions:
- Neck pain associated with whiplash injuries, medical red flag history (such as tumour, fracture, metabolic diseases, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis) \[27\].
- Neck pain with cervical radiculopathy or neck pain associated with externalized cervical disc herniation \[27\]
- Fibromyalgia syndrome; to avoid the similarity of fibromyalgia with a NSNP diagnosis, a physician will use the criteria for the clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia according to the American College of Rheumatology \[29\]
- If the patient had previous surgery in the neck area (irrespective of the reason for the operation) \[27\]
- Neck pain accompanied by vertigo caused by vertebra basilar insufficiency or accompanied by non-cervicogenic headaches \[27\]
- People will also be excluded if they are undergoing any type of pain treatment or they have psychiatric disorders or other problems that contraindicate the use of the techniques in this study \[27\]
- If patient has true leg length discrepancy and an associated pathology of upper and lower limbs that may interfere with the global posture (e.g., foot, knee or hip deformities)
- The patients will be unable to attend a 10-week treatment programme and follow-up assessments after 3 months
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 5 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
24 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03331120
Start Date
December 1 2017
End Date
November 5 2019
Last Update
December 17 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Tongji Medical College
Wuhan, Hubei, China, 432000