Mindfulness Plus Supervised Rehabilitation vs Supervised Rehabilitation Alone for Chronic Neck Pain in Office Workers
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Mindfulness, supervised exercise.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Chronic Neck Pain. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 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
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- 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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Official title
Effect of Mindfulness Combined With Supervised Rehabilitation Versus Supervised Rehabilitation Alone in Office Workers With Chronic Neck Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if adding mindfulness to supervised rehabilitation exercises improves outcomes in office workers with chronic neck pain. It will also evaluate the impact of this combined approach on psychosocial factors and quality of life. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does mindfulness combined with supervised exercises reduce neck pain intensity more than supervised exercises alone? Does the combined intervention improve neck-related disability, psychosocial outcomes, and quality of life? Researchers will compare a mindfulness-based intervention plus supervised rehabilitation exercises to supervised rehabilitation exercises alone to determine whether the combined approach provides additional benefit. Participants will: Be randomly assigned to receive either mindfulness plus supervised exercises or supervised exercises alone for 8 weeks Attend weekly 60-minute mindfulness sessions (experimental group only) and twice-weekly supervised exercise sessions Undergo assessments at the beginning and at the end of the intervention period
Interventions
- Behavioral Mindfulness
Mindfulness training incorporates structured practices such as mindful breathing, body scanning, guided imagery, and relaxation techniques. Mindful breathing focuses on sustained, non-judgmental attention to the breath to enhance present-moment awareness and modulate pain perception. Body scanning involves systematic attention to body regions to increase awareness of physical sensations and tension. Guided imagery and relaxation techniques, including progressive muscle relaxation and meditation, - Other supervised exercise
The program will focus on standardized stretching, strengthening, and postural exercises commonly prescribed in routine musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Stretching exercises will target the cervical region and will include neck flexion, extension, and lateral flexion stretches, each performed in a seated upright position, held for 30 seconds, and repeated three times per direction. Strengthening exercises will emphasize cervical muscle activation and endurance and will include neck retraction ex
Primary outcome measures
- Neck pain using the VAS [Time frame: at participant enrollment (baseline) and ending immediately after the 8-week intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (7)
- Neck Disability Index (NDI) [Time frame: at participant enrollment (baseline) and ending immediately after the 8-week intervention]
- Fear of movement using the Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia [Time frame: at participant enrollment (baseline) and ending immediately after the 8-week intervention]
- Pain catastrophizing [Time frame: at participant enrollment (baseline) and ending immediately after the 8-week intervention]
- Perceived stress [Time frame: at participant enrollment (baseline) and ending immediately after the 8-week intervention]
- Anxiety and depression symptoms using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADs) [Time frame: at participant enrollment (baseline) and ending immediately after the 8-week intervention]
- Sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) [Time frame: at participant enrollment (baseline) and ending immediately after the 8-week intervention]
- Health-related quality of life using the SF-12 [Time frame: at participant enrollment (baseline) and ending immediately after the 8-week intervention]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Office workers aged 18 years or older
- diagnosed with chronic neck pain for more the three months
Exclusion criteria
- history of neck surgery
- history of cervical trauma
- history of neurological disorders affecting the neck or upper extremities
- currently receiving other treatments for neck pain, such as injections or surgical interventions
- Participants with significant psychiatric disorders that could interfere with study participation or adherence to the intervention
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07576556 · MINDEX-NECK-RCT-2026