The Effect of Adding Auditory Information on Head Movements in People With Traumatic Neck Pain

Launched by AALBORG UNIVERSITY · Aug 31, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is exploring how adding sounds might affect the way people with neck pain move their heads. Specifically, it will look at individuals who have experienced whiplash—an injury that can occur from sudden movements of the head—and compare their head movements to those of healthy individuals. The goal is to understand if and how auditory information influences movement in people dealing with neck pain.

To participate in the study, you need to be between 18 and 65 years old and able to speak and understand Danish or English. If you have had neck pain from a traumatic event and have difficulty moving your head due to pain, you may qualify for the neck pain group. For those in the control group, you should not have experienced any neck or shoulder pain in the past six months. Participants will be asked to take part in a session where their head movements will be observed while sounds are introduced. It's important to know that individuals with certain medical conditions, recent surgeries, or drug addiction may not be eligible to participate. The study is not yet recruiting participants, so there will be more information available when it starts.

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Eligibility criteria

• Control group:
• Inclusion Criteria (Control):
• • Able to speak, read and understand Danish/English
• Exclusion Criteria (Control):
• • Pain from the neck or shoulder area during the past 6 months
• • Experience of delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) during the week leading up to the test session
• • Former surgery in neck or shoulder
• • Current or previous chronic or recurrent pain condition that could affect the results
• • Pregnancy
• • Drug addiction defined as the use of cannabis, opioids or other drugs
• • Previous neurologic, musculoskeletal or mental illnesses that could affect the results
• • Regular use of analgesics
• • Abnormally disrupted sleep in the last 24 hours preceding the experiment
• • Lack of ability to cooperate
• Neck pain group:
• Inclusion Criteria (Neck Pain):
• • Traumatic onset of neck pain
• • Able to speak, read and understand Danish/English
• • Reduced/painful active range of motion of the head and/or painful reaction to palpation of the neck at the time of inclusion
• Exclusion Criteria (Neck Pain):
• • Experience of DOMS during the week leading up to the test session
• • Former surgery in neck or shoulder
• • Pregnancy
• • Drug addiction defined as the use of cannabis, opioids or other drugs
• • Previous neurologic, musculoskeletal (other than neck pain) or mental illnesses that could affect the results
• • Abnormally disrupted sleep in the 24 hours preceding the experiment
• • Lack of ability to cooperate