Mindfulness and exercise: a new combo for desk job neck pain?
NCT ID NCT07576556
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether adding mindfulness training to supervised rehabilitation exercises helps office workers with chronic neck pain more than exercises alone. Forty-eight participants will be randomly assigned to either an 8-week program of mindfulness plus exercise or exercise only. The goal is to see if the combined approach reduces pain intensity and improves quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mindfulness training plus supervised rehabilitation exercises
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, drug-free way to better manage chronic neck pain in office workers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 48 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The added benefit of mindfulness over exercise alone may be small or absent.
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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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About 48 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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May 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
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18 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
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
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