Tai Chi for Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain

N/ACompletedNCT02222051

Universität Duisburg-Essen114 enrolled

Overview

In this study the efficacy of Tai Chi will be tested in comparison to conventional neck exercises and usual care in a randomized controlled trial. Tai Chi and neck exercises will be lead by a trained exercise therapist and Tai Chi instructor, both groups receive 12 weeks of training, once weekly for 60-90 min in a group setting. Pain, Disability, quality of life, wellbeing, stress perception, psychological distress will be used to determine effects.

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Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

114

Conditions

Neck Pain

Interventions

Tai ChiBEHAVIORAL

traditional chinese martial art meditative movement technique

Neck exercisesBEHAVIORAL

group exercises for strengthening and stretching neck and back muslces to alleviate neck pain

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * chronic non specific neck pain (3 months at least) * 45mm pain intensity on average on the visual analog scale Exclusion Criteria: * specific neck pain due to * inflammatory diseases * rheumatic diseases * neurological diseases * prolapse or protrusion * oncological disease * trauma (whiplash) * congenital deformity of the spine * severe comorbidity (somatic, psychiatric) * pregnancy * participation in other clinical trials * regular practice of tai chi, qigong, yoga in the past 6 months * medication with opioids

Locations (1)

Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

pain intensity

pain intensity on a visual analogue scale (0-100mm)

Time frame: week 12

Secondary Outcomes

pain intensity

pain intensity on a visual analogue scale (0-100mm)

Time frame: week 24

pain on movement

pain intensity on a visual analogue scale (0-100mm) evoked by head movement into 6 directions POM validated by Lauche et al., 2014, Pain Medicine

Time frame: week 12, week 24

neck disability

neck disability index (NDI), Vernon et al.

Time frame: week 12, week 24

health related quality of life

short form quality of life questionnaire (SF-36), Bullinger and Kirchberger

Time frame: week 12, week 24

Anxiety and Depression

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

Time frame: week 12, week 24

Wellbeing

Wellbeing on the FEW16 Questionnaire

Time frame: week 12, week 24

Stress

Subjective stress perception, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

Time frame: week 12, week 24

interoceptive awareness

The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA)

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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