The Effect of the Feldenkrais Method on Pain and Function in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

200

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 26, 2022

Primary Completion Date

December 16, 2022

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2023

Conditions
Neck Pain
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

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

BEHAVIORAL

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.

BEHAVIORAL

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.

Trial Locations (2)

11528

Aretaio Hospital, Athens

12243

Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, University of West Attica, Athens

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of West Attica

OTHER