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Effect of Body Mind Exercises and Specific Neck Exercises in Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain

ConditionNeck Pain Musculoskeletal
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age50-65
SponsorCairo University

About this trial

To investigate the effect of body mind exercise and specific neck exercises in chronic mechanical neck pain on neck pain severity, functional disability, neck flexion range of motion, isometric neck muscle strength and quality of life.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Adults aged between 50-65 years

Diagnosis of chronic mechanical neck pain (pain duration ≥ 3 months)

Pain intensity of at least 3/10 on the NPRS

Disqualifiers

History of cervical surgery

Specific neck conditions (fractures, neoplasm, infection)

Pregnancy

Severe cardiopulmonary disease or other systemic illness affecting participation

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Conventional physical therapy group.

    Behavioral

    conventional therapy which includes: heat therapy (infrared) for 10 minutes, massage therapy 10 min, stretching of neck (Scalene, SCM, UFT, Levator scapulae) and pectoral muscles 20 min.

  • Body mind exercises group (mindful aerobic exercises)

    Behavioral

    Group B will receive conventional physical therapy (infrared, massage, and neck stretching) in addition to Body mind exercises (mindful aerobic exercises). The aerobic exercise will be performed at an intensity of at least 60% of maximal oxygen consumption (VO₂ max) to effectively improve cardiorespiratory fitness. The program will include treadmill walking 30 minutes.

  • specific neck exercise group

    Behavioral

    Group C will receive conventional therapy in addition to specific neck exercises. Specific exercises will include: cervical and scapular stabilization exercises.

  • Combined exercise group.

    Behavioral

    Group D will receive conventional therapy in addition to mindful aerobic exercises, cervical and scapular stabilization exercises.

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groups
Group A: Group A: Conventional physical therapy group (Control group)Experimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Group B: Body mind exercises group (mindful aerobic exercises)Experimental treatment 2 interventions
Group C: Group C: specific neck exercise groupExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group D: Group D : Combined exercise group.Experimental treatment 4 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Pain Intensity

Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS, Arabic version) 0-10 scale; validated for Arabic-speaking populations (Alghadir et al., 2016)

Time frame
(pre-intervention) and after 6 weeks (post-intervention).
2

Quality of Life Measured by RAND-36 Health Survey

Measures physical, emotional, and social functioning .

Time frame
(pre-intervention) and after 6 weeks (post-intervention).
3

Functional Disability

Neck Disability Index (NDI, Arabic version) 10-item questionnaire.

Time frame
(pre-intervention) and after 6 weeks (post-intervention).
4

Cervical ROM

CROM device. Measures flexion, extension, lateral flexion, rotation; 3 repetitions per movement (Kiatkulanusorn et al., 2023).

Time frame
(pre-intervention) and after 6 weeks (post-intervention).

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Cairo University

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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