The Effect of Adding Auditory Information on Head Movements in People With Traumatic Neck Pain
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Smartphone playing a sound.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Whiplash, Healthy. Basic parameters: 18 years — 50 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Denmark
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This study sets out to investigate the potential effect of auditory disturbances on human movement
Detailed description
Clinicians routinely investigate/test human movement but if/how this is effect by auditory disturbances is unclear. This study sets out to investigate the impact of auditory disturbances on head movements.
Interventions
- Device Smartphone playing a sound
A sound will be played from a portable device (smartphone mounted with earphones) during movement
Primary outcome measures
- Range of motion [Time frame: During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Head repositioning accuracy [Time frame: During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1]
- Quality of head movement [Time frame: During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1]
- Perceived stiffness during movement [Time frame: During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1]
- Perceived difficultness of performing movement [Time frame: During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1]
- Perceived neck pain intensity [Time frame: During a single test session (approximately 45minutes) at day 1]
Eligibility criteria
Control group:
Inclusion Criteria (Control):
- Able to speak, read and understand Danish/English
Exclusion Criteria (Control):
- Pain from the neck or shoulder area during the past 6 months
- Experience of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) during the week leading up to the test session
- Former surgery in neck or shoulder
- Current or previous chronic or recurrent pain condition that could affect the results
- Pregnancy
- Drug addiction defined as the use of cannabis, opioids or other drugs
- Previous neurologic, musculoskeletal or mental illnesses that could affect the results
- Regular use of analgesics
- Abnormally disrupted sleep in the last 24 hours preceding the experiment
- Lack of ability to cooperate
Neck pain group:
Inclusion Criteria (Neck Pain):
- Traumatic onset of neck pain
- Able to speak, read and understand Danish/English
- Reduced/painful active range of motion of the head and/or painful reaction to palpation of the neck at the time of inclusion
Exclusion Criteria (Neck Pain):
- Experience of DOMS during the week leading up to the test session
- Former surgery in neck or shoulder
- Pregnancy
- Drug addiction defined as the use of cannabis, opioids or other drugs
- Previous neurologic, musculoskeletal (other than neck pain) or mental illnesses that could affect the results
- Abnormally disrupted sleep in the 24 hours preceding the experiment
- Lack of ability to cooperate
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Crossover
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Basic science
Study locations
Denmark · 2 centers
- FysioDanmark Aalborg — Aalborg
- Dept. Of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University — Gistrup
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06028308 · AAU031-1025976b