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Effect of a telerehabilitation exercise program versus a digital booklet with self-care for patients with chronic non-specific neck pain: a protocol of a randomized controlled trial assessor-blinded, 3 months follow-up.

Juliene Corrêa Barbosa, Josielli Comachio, Amelia Pasqual Marques, Bruno Tirotti Saragiotto, Mauricio Oliveira Magalhaes

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Article in Trials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07302958 (Telerehabilitation, Face-to-Face Exercises, and a Mixed Model in Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07302958 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Telerehabilitation, Face-to-Face Exercises, and a Mixed Model in Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

TypeinterventionalSponsorCairo UniversityRan2026 to 2026Enrolled68ConditionsChronic Non-specific Neck PainArmsReal-Time Video-Guided Neck Exercises (Tele-Rehabilitation), In-Person Supervised Neck Exercises (Face-to-Face), Hybrid Tele-Rehabilitation and In-Person Exercises (Mixed Model)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Telerehabilitation for neck pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Juliene Corrêa BarbosaMaster's Program in Human Movement Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belém-Pará, 66050-160, Brazil.
Josielli ComachioSchool of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Musculoskeletal HealthCharles Perkins CentreUniversity of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2009, Australia.
Amelia Pasqual MarquesDepartment of Physiotherapy, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Rehabilitation Sciences Program, São Paulo, 05360-160, Brazil.
Bruno Tirotti SaragiottoMaster's and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de São, Paulo, São Paulo, 03071-000, Brazil.
Mauricio Oliveira MagalhaesMaster's Program in Human Movement Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belém-Pará, 66050-160, Brazil. mauriciomag@ufpa.br.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7857-021X
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Pará · BRThe University of Sydney · AUUniversidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Federal do Pará · BRUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeck pain is the fourth worldwide leading cause of disability and represents 22% of musculoskeletal disorders. Conservative intervention has been strongly recommended to treat chronic neck pain and Telerehabilitation is the alternative for the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions. There is a lack of high-quality research on the effects of telerehabilitation in patients with neck pain and functional disability. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the effect of a telerehabilitation exercise program versus a digital booklet only with self-care information in individuals with non-specific chronic neck pain.

methodsThis is a prospectively registered, assessor-blinded, two-arm randomized controlled trial comparing a telerehabilitation exercise program versus a digital booklet with self-care information. Seventy patients will be recruited with non-specific chronic neck pain. Follow-ups will be conducted post-treatment, 6 weeks, and 3 months after randomization. The primary outcome will be disability at post-treatment (6 weeks) measured using neck pain disability. Secondary outcomes will be pain intensity levels, global perceived effect, self-efficacy, quality of life, kinesiophobia, and adherence to treatment. In our hypothesis, patients allocated to the intervention group experience outcomes that are similar to those of those assigned to the self-care digital booklet. Our hypothesis can then be approved or disapproved based on the results of the study. DISCUSSION: This randomized clinical trial will provide reliable information on the use of telerehabilitation to treat patients with chronic non-specific neck pain.

trial registrationThe study was prospectively registered at the Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (number: RBR-10h7khvk). Registered on 16 September 2022.

Indexed as

Chronic PainTelerehabilitationExercise TherapyFollow-Up StudiesHumansNeck PainPamphletsQuality of LifeRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSelf CareTreatment OutcomeChronic painClinical trial protocolInternet-based interventionNeck pain

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PMID37770963
PMCPMC10537532
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