- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT06076174
Effects of 6-week Telerehabilitation Exercise Programme on Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain
Effects of 6-week Telerehabilitation Exercise Programme on Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Following ethical approval from UOS Research Ethics Committee, data collection will begin. E-posters will be sent out as recruitment announcement and those who willingly volunteer and fit the inclusion criteria will be selected. Once they sign the digital informed consent form, which will be created via Microsoft Forms, they will be randomized into either telerehabilitation group or conventional group.
Randomization will be done using permuted block method, with treatment allocation concealed. Baseline measurements from all participants will be obtained, by physiotherapist, prior to start of the exercise programme: VAS pain socre, NDI score, CROM (flexion, extension, lateral flexion, rotation) and cervical muscle endurance.
All participants will have an in-person session with the physiotherapist for exercise demonstration before beginning the programme. They will carry out the exercises independently at home over a period of six weeks, thrice a week, giving a total of 18 sessions, each lasting 30 minutes.
The software group will do each session via the CareSpace software that will record and store the entirety of the session on cloud giving the therapist access to review it. The conventional group will be given a flyer with written instructions. After two weeks, the physiotherapist will hold the first review session with each participant, held online face-to-face for those in the software group (via ConnectToMyDoctor application) and over the telephone for those in the conventional group. Similarly, after four weeks, the second review session will be held. Progressions for exercises will be given to the participants at both review sessions. On completion of all 6 weeks of the exercise programme, post-test measurements will be carried out.
For data analysis, The distribution of the data will be analyzed with Shapiro-Wilks's test. Descriptive analyses will be used for the calculation of frequencies, means, and standard deviations. For baseline differences between groups, independent samples t- test will be used. Repeated measures ANOVA will be used for within-group and between-group analyses at three different time points (0 week, 3 weeks, 6 weeks). A p value below 0.05 will be considered significant. Statistical analyses will done using SPSS version 26.0
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Univeristy of Sharjah
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Contact:
- Kalyana Reddy
- Phone Number: 7519 +97165057519
- Email: kreddy@sharjah.ac.ae
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- residents of UAE, both males and females
- aged between 18 45
- have normal BMI
- referred to physiotherapy for chronic non-specific neck pain
- minimum pain score of 3cm on the VAS
- pain onset at least 3 weeks ago
- have given informed consent for voluntary participation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- diagnosed by a physician with any pathological condition as cause of chronic neck pain
- presently undergoing any physical treatment or taking any medication for said pain
- has comorbidities, such as diabetes and hypertension
- has conditions like migraine and cervicogenic headache
- has vertigo and/or vertebrobasilar insufficiency,
- physically disabled or has recent immobilizing injury
- orthopaedic conditions, such as spondylosis, spondylolisthesis, wryneck
- history of neurological conditions.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Tele-rehab
6-week home-based exercise programme, will be monitored via the software that records each session so the therapist can review
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All participants will have an in-person session with the physiotherapist for exercise demonstration before beginning the programme.
They will carry out the exercises independently at home over a period of six weeks, thrice a week, giving a total of 18 sessions, each lasting 30 minutes.
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Active Comparator: Conventional
6-week home-based exercise programme, will have written instructions on paper to follow through by participant themselves
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All participants will have an in-person session with the physiotherapist for exercise demonstration before beginning the programme.
They will carry out the exercises independently at home over a period of six weeks, thrice a week, giving a total of 18 sessions, each lasting 30 minutes.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Adherence
Time Frame: pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks
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Frequency per week (Number of sessions completed each week) will be noted through exercise diary fro conventional group, and recordings on cloud for tele rehab group.
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pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks
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Adherence
Time Frame: pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks
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Duration of each session will be noted through exercise diary fro conventional group, and recordings on cloud for tele rehab group.
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pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Visual Analogue Scale for Pain
Time Frame: pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks
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Visual Analogue Scale for Pain (VAS Pain) is a continuous scale in the form of a 100mm line, marked by "no pain" (score of 0) on one end and "pain as bad as it could be" (score of 100) on the other end.
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pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks
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Neck Disability Index questionnaire
Time Frame: pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks
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It consists of 10 items, each scored from 0 - 5, giving a total out of 50, where a higher score is indicative of increased disability.
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pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks
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CROM instrument
Time Frame: pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks
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Cervical range of motion
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pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks
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Cranio-cervical Flexion Test
Time Frame: pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks
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Cervical muscle endurance assessed by therapist
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pre and immediately post intervention, 6 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimated)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- REC-23-02-27-01-PG
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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