200
Participants
Start Date
September 26, 2022
Primary Completion Date
December 16, 2022
Study Completion Date
June 30, 2023
Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement technique
10 group sessions, 50 minutes each, over a period of five weeks, which will include the application of the Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement technique
Acupuncture
10 sessions, two per week, of 25 minutes acupuncture each, which will include the insertion of a sterile disposable needle into standardized local, regional, and systematic or general acupuncture points that modify pain behavior in area of Cervical Spine.
Stretching
10 sessions, two per week, of 15 minutes stretching each, which will include lateral flexion and counterrotation of the head performed for the upper part of the trapezius and the anterior scalene, lateral flexion and corresponding rotation for the levator scapulae, and flexion for the extensors of the Cervical Spine. The following muscles will be applied: upper trapezius, levator scapulae, scalenes, extensors of the Cervical Spine (splenoid, spinous, semispinalis, longus cephalic and cervical, iliocostalis cervical, multifidus and subscapularis), and sternocleidomastoid.
Aretaio Hospital, Athens
Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, University of West Attica, Athens
University of West Attica
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