Neck-specific training with a cognitive behavioural approach compared with prescribed physical activity in patients with cervical radiculopathy: a protocol of a prospective randomised clinical trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Anneli Peolsson⁴  Mikael Svensson²  Joshua Cleland¹  Marie Halvorsen³  Åsa Dedering³ 

[1] Franklin Pierce University, Denver, USA;Department of Neurosurgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Stockholm, Sweden

关键词: Study protocol;    Randomisation;    Physical activity;    Outcome;    Neck pain;    Conservative interventions;    Cervical radiculopathy;   

Others  :  1125430
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2474-15-274

 received in 2014-02-21, accepted in 2014-07-30,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Patients with cervical radiculopathy often have neck- and arm pain, neurological changes, activity limitations and difficulties in returning to work. Most patients are not candidates for surgery but are often treated with different conservative approaches and may be sick-listed for long periods. The purpose of the current study is to compare the effectiveness of neck-specific training versus prescribed physical activity.

Methods/Design

The current protocol is a two armed intervention randomised clinical trial comparing the outcomes of patients receiving neck specific training or prescribed physical activity. A total of 144 patients with cervical radiculopathy will be randomly allocated to either of the two interventions. The interventions will be delivered by experienced physiotherapists and last 14 weeks. The primary outcome variable is neck- and arm pain intensity measured with a Visual Analogue Scale accompanied with secondary outcome measures of impairments and subjective health measurements collected before intervention and at 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after base-line assessment.

Discussion

We anticipate that the results of this study will provide evidence to support recommendations as to the effectiveness of conservative interventions for patients with cervical radiculopathy.

Trial registration

ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01831271

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Dedering et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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