Can simple neck exercises plus stabilization ease office Workers' pain?
NCT ID NCT06731816
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether adding stabilization exercises to regular neck exercises helps office workers with neck pain feel better, improve their posture, and sleep more soundly. Thirty participants will do either neck exercises alone or neck exercises plus stabilization exercises twice a week for 8 weeks. Researchers will measure pain, disability, and sleep quality before and after the program.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- neck exercises and stabilization exercises
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that adding stabilization exercises to simple neck exercises provides better relief for neck pain and improves sleep in office workers.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The exercises are non-invasive, but individual responses may vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 45 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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Inclusion Criteria:Inclusion Criteria for the Study: * Volunteering to participate in the study and approving the informed consent form, * Using a computer, tablet and/or phone for more than 3 hours per day for the last 6 months, * Having recurrent or persistent pain in the neck region for at least 3 months, * Having a Neck Disability Scale score of 15 points or higher, * Having a VAS Pain score of 5 or higher. Exclusion Criteria: * Having a neurological diagnosis, * Having a radiologically confirmed orthopedic diagnosis from the neck region (neck hernia, fracture, dislocation, spondylolisthesis), * Having a systemic and chronic disease diagnosis that can affect the neck region and joints, * Having a history of surgical intervention or trauma from the neck region, * Having cognitive impairment that makes communication and evaluation difficult.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lokman Hekim University Health Sciences Institute
Ankara, Çankaya/Sögütözü, Turkey (Türkiye)
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