NCT05433649

Effects of Therapeutic Exercise With Elastic Bands on Strength and Pain in Women With Non-specific Neck Pain.

Completed NA Last updated 26 October 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Therapeutic exercise in Neck Pain in 35 participants. Completed in 1 October 2022.

Timeline

1 July 2022

Primary endpoint
1 September 2022

1 October 2022

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Vigo
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	35
Start date	1 July 2022
Primary completion	1 September 2022
Estimated completion	1 October 2022
Sites	1 location across Spain

Drugs / interventions tested

• Therapeutic exercise

Conditions studied

• Neck Pain — all drugs for Neck Pain →
• Exercise Therapy — all drugs for Exercise Therapy →
• Women — all drugs for Women →

Sponsor

University of Vigo

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, female only, with Neck Pain or Exercise Therapy. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The study consists of an intervention of 16 therapeutic exercise sessions during 8 weeks with a frequency of two sessions per week. All sessions had a practical focus (strength and stretching exercises) with the help of elastic bands. In addition, they had an initial session and another at the end of the intervention in which measurements of the different variables (cervical pain, cervical flexor strength, cervical extensor strength and strength of the scapular stabilising musculature) were taken on two occasions, at the beginning of the study and at the end of the intervention, an average of 2 months.

Nonspecific neck pain has a higher incidence in women than in men. Female sex is a risk factor for this pathology. Clinical practice guidelines highlight the importance of preventing neck pain through exercise. There are previous studies on the effects of strength programmes on patients with non-specific neck pain, but none have used elastic bands as an implement, despite the fact that it is one of the most commonly used implements in physiotherapy clinics. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effects of an elastic band therapeutic exercise intervention in women with non-specific neck pain. It was previously hypothesised that this intervention would have positive effects on pain and strength in the cervical and scapular region.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Effects of exercise therapy using elastic bands on strength and pain in women with non-specific neck pain: A randomised controlled trial.
   Hernandez-Lucas P, Leirós-Rodríguez R, Lopez-Barreiro J, García-Soidán JL. · · 2023 · cited 2× · PMID 38058646 · DOI 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22237
2. Effects of exercise therapy using elastic bands on strength and pain in women with non-specific neck pain: A randomised controlled trial
   Hernandez-Lucas P, Leirós-Rodríguez R, Lopez-Barreiro J, García-Soidán JL. · · 2023