Development of a Self-administered Neck Mobility Assessment Tool in Chronic Neck Pain Patients.

Balgrist University Hospital50 enrolled

Overview

This study evaluates, if the movement of the cervical spine, assessed via a specific questionnaire by the patient, is a valid and reliable tool and could be used in daily clinical routine.

Cervical range of motion is a frequently used assessment methods in patients with neck pain. Although it seems to be used frequently, clinicians still prefer hands-on assessment. Furthermore it is interesting, if cervical range of motion,self-assessed by the patient is a valid and reliable tool.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Neck Pain

Interventions

Cervical range of motionOTHER

Patients will fill out the Neck Disability Index, Visual Analogue Pain Rating Scale and the Self-administered Neck range of motion questionnaire.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Neck pain \> 90 days * Able to speak, read and write German Exclusion Criteria: * Red Flags e.g. Fracture of the cervical spine

Locations (1)

Balgrist University Hospital

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Cervical Spine Mobility

Patients will fill out the questionnaire once, at the beginning of the study.

Time frame: Day one of the study

Secondary Outcomes

Pain Visual Analogue Pain Rating Scale

Patients will fill out the questionnaire once, at the beginning of the study.

Time frame: Day one of the study

Disability on Neck Disability Index

Patients will fill out the questionnaire once, at the beginning of the study.

Time frame: Day one of the study

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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