SENSORY RE-TRAINING IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC NECK PAIN
Neck Pain, Cervical Pain, Neck Muscle Issue
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Neck Pain focused on measuring oculomotor exercises, neck pain, cervical pain, sensory re-training
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: to be aged between 20-60 years old Pain limited to the posterior of the cervical region. Pain that lasts longer than 3 months Pain severity of 3 or higher on the Visual Analog Scale Exclusion Criteria: Malignant tumor in any part of the body (no screening will be performed for the presence of tumor and patients diagnosed with tumors before the study will not be included). Vertebral fractures Fibromyalgia chronic fatigue syndrome History of surgery in the neck or shoulder area Radicular pain Neurological deficit of disc pathologies Spinal stenosis Spondylolisthesis Pronounced cervical kyphosis Significant scoliosis involving the cervical region
Sites / Locations
- Hacettepe UniverstyRecruiting
- KübraRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Sham Comparator
Proprioceptive Training Group
Tactile Acuity Training
Control Group
oculomotor exercises will be applied to the participants three times a week for four weeks. oculomotor exercises: head relocation gaze stability eye follow saccadic eye movement head and eye coordination
Participants will be requested to lie face down. Five points will be marked in the painful areas on the right and left sides of the neck. The distance between the points will equal the two-point discrimination value. A photograph of the neck will be taken. The patient will not see his/her own neck during the application but see the photograph of his/her neck. The points will be touched lightly with two different stimuli (a pen with a 2 mm diameter and a mushroom probe with an 11 mm diameter). Participants will be asked about the location and type of the stimuli. The interstimulus interval will be 15 seconds. If more than 90% of correct answers are obtained, the distance between the points will be reduced by 10%. The training will be performed in three separate blocks, a total of 72 stimuli (block duration = 6 minutes, rest time between blocks = 3 minutes, number of stimuli applied in each block = 24 stimuli). The treatment time will be 24 minutes.
The participants will be evaluated two times at 4-week intervals. No intervention will be applied during the time frame.