Trial reportBMC musculoskeletal disorders2021
Sensorimotor performance in acute-subacute non-specific neck pain: a non-randomized prospective clinical trial with intervention.
Trial report in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04407637 (Kinematic Axial Cervical Rotation Performance in Patients With Acute Non-specific Neck Pain During the DidRen Laser Test is Improved After Passive Manual Cervical Mobilizations Regardless of the Painful Spinal Level), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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Kinematic Axial Cervical Rotation Performance in Patients With Acute Non-specific Neck Pain During the DidRen Laser Test is Improved After Passive Manual Cervical Mobilizations Regardless of the Painful Spinal Level
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Immediate effects of upper cervical spinal manipulation on cervical sensorimotor control in individuals with chronic primary cervical pain: an exploratory randomized controlled trial.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2026Trial
- Efficacy and safety of Shi's cervical manipulation versus diclofenac for patients with acute and subacute neck pain: a multicenter clinical randomized trial.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2025Trial
- A Systematic Review of the Aerobic Exercise Program Variables for Patients with Non-Specific Neck Pain: Effectiveness and Clinical Applications.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Head Pitch Angular Velocity Discriminates (Sub-)Acute Neck Pain Patients and Controls Assessed with the DidRen Laser Test.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Trunk-head coordination in chronic neck pain, reliability, influence of visual feedback, and relationship to patient-reported outcomes.Archives of physiotherapyArticle
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6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe assessment of cervical spine kinematic axial rotation performance is of great importance in the context of the study of neck sensorimotor control. However, studies addressing the influence of the level of provocation of spinal pain and the potential benefit of passive manual therapy mobilizations in patients with acute-subacute non-specific neck pain are lacking.
methodsA non-randomized prospective clinical trial with an intervention design was conducted. We investigated: (1) the test-retest reliability of kinematic variables during a fast axial head rotation task standardized with the DidRen laser test device in 42 Healthy pain-free Control Participants (HCP) (24.3 years ±6.8); (2) the differences in kinematic variables between HCP and 38 patients with Acute-subacute Non-Specific neck Pain (ANSP) assigned to two different groups according to whether their pain was localized in the upper or lower spine (46.2 years ±16.3); and (3) the effect of passive manual therapy mobilizations on kinematic variables of the neck during fast axial head rotation.
results(1) Intra-class correlation coefficients ranged from moderate (0.57 (0.06-0.80)) to excellent (0.96 (0.91-0.98)). (2) Kinematic performance during fast axial rotations of the head was significantly altered in ANSP compared to HCP (age-adjusted) for one variable: the time between peaks of acceleration and deceleration (p<0.019). No significant difference was observed between ANSP with upper vs lower spinal pain localization. (3) After the intervention, there was a significant effect on several kinematic variables, e.g., ANSP improved peak speed (p<0.007) and performance of the DidRen laser test (p<0.001), with effect sizes ranging from small to medium.
conclusion(1) The DidRen laser test is reliable. (2) A significant reduction in time between acceleration and deceleration peaks was observed in ANSP compared to HCP, but with no significant effect of spinal pain location on kinematic variables was found. (3) We found that neck pain decreased after passive manual therapy mobilizations with improvements of several kinematic variables.
trial registrationRegistration Number: NCT04407637.
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