Can a smartphone replace a therapist for neck pain? new study investigates.
NCT ID NCT06842381
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether doing electrotherapy and neck exercises at home via video calls works as well as doing them in a clinic. One hundred adults with chronic neck pain will be split into two groups: one doing a remote program and one doing in-person sessions. Both groups will receive the same treatment over 8 weeks, and researchers will measure pain, disability, and quality of life to compare the results.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Finished
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Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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30 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Male and female patients between the ages of 30 and 65, with a medical diagnosis of cervical pain of non-specific origin, * Acceptance and signature of informed consent for voluntary participation in the research study. * Not receiving physical therapy. * Chronic cervical pain lasting 3 months or more and not receiving any other type of physiotherapy treatment. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing rehabilitation treatment for pathologies of cervical origin. * Patients have osteosynthesis material at the cervical level and/or cardiac complications, epilepsy or tumors. * Patients who have undergone radiotherapy in the last 6 months.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Almeria
Almería, Almeria, 04120, Spain
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