Status:
COMPLETED
Tai Chi for Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Conditions:
Neck Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
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 ...
Detailed Description
see above
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- chronic non specific neck pain (3 months at least)
- 45mm pain intensity on average on the visual analog scale
Exclusion
- 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
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
114 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02222051
Start Date
August 1 2014
End Date
April 1 2015
Last Update
May 2 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 45276