Status:
COMPLETED
Qigong and Exercise for Neck Pain in Adults (QENA)
Lead Sponsor:
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Conditions:
Chronic Neck Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-60 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of qigong for the treatment of chronic neck pain compared to exercise therapy and waiting list group.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- clinical diagnosis of chronic neck pain since at least 6 months and complaints for a maximum duration of 5 years
- neck pain more prominent than other pain in the spine
- average pain intensity of the last 7 days more or equal to 40 mm measured by a visual analogue scale (VAS 0 - 100 mm)
- normal mobility of the cervical spine
- intellectual and physical ability to participate in the study
- informed consent
Exclusion
- cervical pain related to malignancy
- cervical pain due to an accident
- inflammatory joint disorders
- previous spine surgery
- protrusion/prolapse of a spinal disk, spondylolisthesis, with radicular symptomatology
- actually doing or planning to do other regular physical exercise during the study with possible positive effects on neck pain - such as swimming, yoga, pilates, tai chi, etc.
- use of pain drugs for other diseases (\> 1x/week)
- pregnancy
- severe chronic or acute disease interfering with therapy attendance
- alcohol or substance abuse
- participation in another clinical trial in the last 6 months before study entry
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
123 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00615732
Start Date
March 1 2008
End Date
October 1 2009
Last Update
July 10 2012
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Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center
Berlin, Germany, 10117