The objective of this study is to determine whether performing cervical therapeutic exercises using a serious game through a mobile application enhances treatment adherence compared to performing the same exercises at home following standard practice.

Participants in the study will be adults with non-specific neck pain (cervicalgia) who own a smartphone or tablet, and that give informed consent. Individuals with acute or severe conditions, such as recent surgeries or trauma, will be excluded. Before participation, they will be informed about the study and potential risks. The study is designed as a randomized clinical trial with two groups. The control group will follow a traditional home exercise program with written instructions, while the intervention group will use a personalized mobile app to guide their exercises. All participants will be asked to log their progress and any incidents in a compliance journal.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Persons of legal age with cervicalgia.
• Have a smart mobile device (smartphone or tablet) on which to download the App.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Acute musculoskeletal pathological processes or exacerbation (less than 15 days of evolution). Includes presentation of symptoms such as paraesthesia, radiating pain, loss of strength in the upper limb.

• Episodes of severe pain more than 15 days of evolution.

• Accident with cervical or dorsal injury within the last month.

• Refusing to sign the informed consent.

• Not having a device suitable for installation or lack of experience in the use of smart mobile devices.

• Baseline NDI score of less than 5.

• Presence of red flags:

  • Suspicion of fracture: advanced age, previous trauma, osteoporosis.
  • Suspicion of neurological involvement: loss of sensation in extremities, loss of strength or muscle mass.
  • Suspicion of infection: fever, night sweats.
  • Suspicion of cancer: Previous history of cancer, no improvement in one month of treatment, weight loss, headache, vomiting.
  • Suspicion of systemic disease: headache, fever, malaise, general headache, fever, malaise, unilateral skin rash (herpes).

Socio-demographic data and health data such as pain scores, ROM records or adherence to treatment will be collected deidentified. All data will be recorded in the data processing register RAT Code 034 of the University of the Balearic Islands: 'Therapeutic Exercise Through Exergames on Mobile Devices or Cervical Rehabilitation" All the individual data collected during the trial will be shared, after deidentification. Also, study protocol will be available. Dataset will be available following publication of results, for any purposes, at Institutional Data Repository CORA. RDR, a federated data repository that allows publishing datasets in a FAIR way and following the guidelines of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).

Following publication of results, no end date.

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