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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-10
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Chronic neck pain is a common complaint in the Netherlands with a point prevalence of 14.3%. Patients with chronic neck pain are often referred to physiotherapy and, nowadays, are mostly treated with exercise therapy. It is, however, unclear which type of exercise therapy is to be preferred. Therefore, this study evaluates the effectiveness of behaviour graded activity (BGA) compared with conventional exercise (CE) for patients with chronic neck pain. Eligible patients with non-specific chronic neck were randomly allocated to either BGA or CE. Primary treatment outcome is the patient's global perceived effect concerning recovery from complaint and daily functioning. Outcome assessment was performed at baseline, and at 4, 9, 26, and 52 weeks after randomization. Effectiveness was examined with general estimating equations analyses. Baseline demographics and patient characteristics were well balanced between the two groups. Mean age was 45.7 (SD 12.4) years and the median duration of complaints was 60 months. The mean number of treatments was 6.6 (SD 3.0) in BGA and 11.2 (SD 4.1) in CE. No significant differences between treatments were found in their effectiveness of managing patients with chronic neck pain. In both BGA and CE some patients reported recovery from complaints and daily function but the proportion of recovered patients did not exceed 50% during the 12-month follow-up period. Both groups showed clinically relevant improvements in physical secondary outcomes. International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number: ISRCTN88733332.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1532-2149
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
533-41
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Activities of Daily Living, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Behavior Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Exercise Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Movement, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Neck Pain, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Netherlands, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Outcome Assessment (Health Care), pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Pain Measurement, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Patient Satisfaction, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Physical Fitness, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Physical Therapy Modalities, pubmed-meshheading:18692420-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Effectiveness of a behaviour graded activity program versus conventional exercise for chronic neck pain patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of General Practice, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, The Netherlands. f.vonk@erasmusmc.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't