Breathing new life into neck pain: brain activity and six weeks of physiotherapy

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

In this non-randomized interventional study, adults with chronic non-specific neck pain will receive six weekly physiotherapy sessions, including manual mobilizations and a neck-specific exercise program with a home routine. Participants will have baseline clinical questionnaires, pain mapping, quantitative sensory testing, and 64-channel EEG, with follow-up assessments about one week after treatment and roughly 12 weeks later to gauge recovery and disability. A healthy control group is included for reference data. The study aims to relate EEG features to clinical symptoms and determine whether brain and clinical measures shift after physiotherapy.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Chronic non-specific neck pain (\>3 months duration)
* Willing and able to sign informed consent for study participation

Exclusion Criteria:

* Concomitant neurological or psychiatric disease apart from depression (especially severe mental disorder or psychopathology)
* Regular (daily) intake of benzodiazepines
* Signs of severe disease, cervical myelopathy, tumour, rheumatic diseases or a neurological pathology of central origin
* Neck pain of traumatic origin or as a result of whiplash
* Previous surgical intervention of the cervical spine

Where it's running

• Ander Cervantes Benítez
  San Sebastián, Guipuzcoa, Spain Recruiting

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.