Feasibility and Impact of a Tele-rehabilitation Program in Patients With Chronic and Non-specific Neck Pain

Feasibility and Impact of a Tele-rehabilitation Program in Patients With Chronic and Non-specific Neck Pain

Chronic neck pain has a high prevalence in developed countries, being one of the main causes of years lived with disability and deterioration of the quality of life. Telerehabilitation is presented as a resource capable of favoring, with its development and implementation, the transition to a universal and quality health service. The main objective of the study is to assess the change in disability produced by a telerehabilitation program (applied in the intervention group) in patients with chronic and nonspecific neck pain compared to the recommendation of home exercises (control group).

The study that will be carried out will be a controlled and randomized clinical trial (ECCA), single-blind, longitudinal and prospective with two groups (intervention group and control group). The main study variables that are intended to be analyzed pre and post intervention are disability, quality of life, pain, adherence, and depression and anxiety.

The study will take place between June 2020 and May 2021 in specialized physiotherapy clinics.

Inclusion Criteria:

• People between 18 and 65 years of age
• Neck pain of more than 3 months of evolution
• Access and knowledge in the use of the internet
• Complete the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous trauma to the cervical region (such as whiplash)
• Neck surgery
• Osteoporosis
• Arthritis
• Cervical radiculopathy associated with externalized cervical hernia
• Vertigo or vertebrobasilar insufficiency
• Cancer
• Vertebral fracture
• Fibromyalgia
• Cognitive impairment
• Psychiatric disorders.