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Study aim
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Determining the effect of 12 weeks of neck stability training, central and combined stability on pain and disability of non-specific chronic neck pain among elderly people in Tehran
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Design
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The clinical trial has no control group and includes 3 intervention groups, community based and pragmatic, with parallel groups, randomized therapies.
The randomization was done by random numbers and the sample size was 103. The sample size before exercise was 106.
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Settings and conduct
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The present study is a semi-experimental and applied field-based method. First, nonspecific chronic neck pain patients were enrolled from nursing centers in 22 areas of Tehran.
The practice protocol will be such that the exercise sessions under the supervision of a physiotherapist will be done one day in a 12-week session per 25 to 30 minutes.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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inclusion criteria: Patients volunteering in nursing homes, people over 60 years of age, having full vigilance, experiencing chronic non-bad pain, ability to converse in Persian, and not having vision and hearing problems with a score of more than 3 pain will be included in the study.
exclusion criteria: Patients with history of neck surgery, psychological, cardiovascular, neurological, neurological, incomplete course of treatment, simultaneous use of other therapies, exacerbation of pain and disability symptoms by exercises, harmfulness of practice with doctor's diagnosis
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Intervention groups
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1. A group of exercises dedicated to the stability of the neck
2. Special stability training group
3. Combined exercise group
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Main outcome variables
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Neck Pain; neck disability