An interventional study of Pilates and Cognitive Functional Therapy in Chronic Neck Pain, sponsored by European University Cyprus. Completed at 1 site in Cyprus. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 64 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-03-03.
Sponsored by European University Cyprus · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of Pilates compared with Cognitive Functional Therapy in adults with chronic neck pain.
Firstly, people being informed about the study and those who determine eligibility criteria they written informer consent. After this, the participants will be randomized by a single-blind assessor in a 1:1 ration to pilates exercises and cognitive functional therapy. The participants of both groups will receive therapy twice a week for eight weeks.
1,360 studies on the registry are indexed under Neck Pain; 299 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 60 is above the median of 50 across 1,116 interventional studies indexed under Neck Pain.
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In the first session participants will received the 6 basic principles of the technique. All the other sessions will last 50 minutes and consist of warm-up, main program and cool-down exercises. The degree of difficulty of the exercises of the main part will progress every 2 weeks.
Other: Pilates
In this group the participants will receive personalized treatment and therefore the sessions will be done individually for each one. All interventions will include a) a cognitive component, b) specific functional training and c) lifestylwe changes
Other: Cognitive Functional Therapy
The application of pilates aims to correct real-time deviations observed in the body during movement, to maintain stability, to maintain stability, to gradually form proper sensorimotor ability and improve cervical dysfunction. Pilates is an important part but also a primary point in the stages of rehabilitation, since through it the execution of movement is encouraged earlier thus providing help for the later stages of rehabilitation. Pilates exercises concern movements at all levels of body movement and in various positions.
Also known as: pilates exercises
Cognitive component: Educating patients about their perceptions of pain, explaining diagnosis and diagnostic findings, answering questions about their problem and symptoms, progressively challenge their customers in a non-judgmental way, education for multifactorial and biopsychosocial spectrum of pain, encouraging participants to movement and for active participation in daily activities, if receiving a self-management plan participation in activities with a degree of difficulty 2-3/10, tips for more effective sleep Specific functional training: Understanding pain modification through relaxation exercises, awareness and body control, modified body positions for better control of the cervical spine with parallel relaxation of the thoracic spine to participate in fearful or painful activities, engaging in movements of daily activities Lifestyle changes: Gradual increase in physical activity based on patient preferences, stress management and social interaction
Also known as: CFT
Numerical Rating Scale
Measured pain intensity with 0 (no pain) and 100 (the worst pain ever).
Time frame: baseline (after randomization), at 4th week (after 8th session), at 8th week (after 16th session), 3 months after randomization
Neck Disability Index
This questionnaire informed us about the affection to have the neck pain in human ability to manage it in everyday life. Measured neck disability with 4 (absence of disability) and \>35 (full disability).
Time frame: baseline (after randomization), at 4th week (after 8th session), at 8th week (after 16th session), 3 months after randomization
Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire
This questionnaire informed us how a patient's fear avoidance beliefs about physical activity and work may affect and contribute to their cervical pain and resulting disability, with 96 (high levels of patient fear) and 0 (absence of patient fear).
Time frame: baseline (after randomization), at 4th week (after 8th session), at 8th week (after 16th session), 3 months after randomization
Short Form 12
This questionnaire assessed the impact of health on an individual's everyday life, with 0-42 indicates the possible existence of clinical depression and \<42 indicates good psychological as well as physical functioning.
Time frame: baseline (after randomization), at 4th week (after 8th session), at 8th week (after 16th session), 3 months after randomization
EuroQol (EQ-5D)
An EQ-5D health state is the state of responses to the 5 dimensions of EQ-5D as completed by a patient, with 0 (the worst imaginable health state) and 100 (the best imaginable health state)
Time frame: baseline (after randomization), at 4th week (after 8th session), at 8th week (after 16th session), 3 months after randomization
Range of Motion
Range of motion in all cervical movements (flexion, extension, side flexion, rotations)
Time frame: baseline (after randomization), at 4th week (after 8th session), at 8th week (after 16th session), 3 months after randomization
Isometric Strength
Strength in all cervical movements (flexion, extension, side flexion, rotations)
Time frame: baseline (after randomization), at 4th week (after 8th session), at 8th week (after 16th session), 3 months after randomization
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Ran from Aug 2023 to primary completion in Aug 2024, 12 months.
Of 763 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Neck Pain, half reached primary completion within 7 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 15. This study's 12 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 772 studies reached it within 7 months; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 15.
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