Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2014
Evaluation of pain and function after two home exercise programs in a clinical trial on women with chronic neck pain - with special emphasises on completers and responders.
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The Effects (Pain, Function, Biochemistry and Psychological Factors) of Two Different Home-exercise Programmes on Women Suffering Long Term Nack/Shoulder Muscle Pain
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Telerehabilitation for neck pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Tuina therapy plus resistance exercise vs. Tuina alone for mechanical neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Trial
- Psychosocial benefits of workplace physical exercise: cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2017Trial
- Physical exercise at the workplace prevents deterioration of work ability among healthcare workers: cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- Exercise Therapy for Chronic Neck Pain: Tailoring Person-Centred Approaches within Contemporary Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Effectiveness of the Fascial Manipulation Approach Associated with a Physiotherapy Program in Recurrent Shoulder Disease.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Dynamic Computer Workstation-A Pilot Study of Clinical and Biochemical Investigation during Work at Static Respectively Mobile Keyboards.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Shi's Daoyin Therapy for Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Article
- Resistance training in addition to multidisciplinary rehabilitation for patients with chronic pain in the low back: Study protocol.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2017Article
- Associations between psychological factors and the effect of home-based physical exercise in women with chronic neck and shoulder pain.SAGE open medicine · 2016Article
- Miniscalpel-Needle Treatment Is Effective for Work-Related Neck and Shoulder Musculoskeletal Disorders.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundDifferent types of exercises can help manage chronic neck pain. Supervised exercise interventions are widely used, but these protocols require substantial resources. The aim of this trial, which focused on adherence, was to evaluate two home exercise interventions.
methodsThis parallel group randomized controlled trial included 57 women randomly allocated into two groups - a strength training group (STRENGTH, 34 subjects) and a stretching group (STRETCH, 23 subjects). The interventions focused on the neck and shoulder muscles and lasted for 12 months. The STRENGTH group performed weight training and ended each session with stretching exercises. These stretching exercises constituted the entirety of the STRETCH group's training session. Both groups were instructed to exercise three times per week. All the participants kept an exercise diary. In addition, all participants were offered support via phone and e-mail. The primary outcomes were pain intensity and function. The trial included a four- to six-month and a twelve-month follow-up. A completer in this study exercised at least 1,5 times per week during eight unbroken weeks. A responder in this study reported clinically significant improvements on pain and function. The statistical analyses used the Mann Whitney U-test, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and X2 test.
resultsAt four- to six-months, the numbers of completers were 19 in the STRENGTH group and 17 in the STRETCH group. At twelve months, the corresponding numbers were 11 (STRENGTH) and 10 (STRETCH). At four- to six-months, the proportions of subjects reporting clinically important changes (STRENGTH and STRETCH) were for neck pain: 47% and 41%, shoulder pain: 47% and 47%, function: 37% and 29%. At twelve months, the corresponding numbers were for neck pain: 45% and 40%, shoulder pain: 55% and 50%, function: 55% and 20%.
conclusionsNo differences in the two primary outcomes between the two interventions were found, a finding that may be due to the insufficient statistical power of the study. Both interventions based on home exercises improved the two primary outcomes, but the adherences were relatively low. Future studies should investigate ways to improve adherence to home exercise treatments.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Id: NCT01876680.
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