Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:45 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:45 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03362203
Eligibility Criteria:
1. Chronic neck pain subjects
Inclusion criteria:
* Age 21-80 years old.
* People must have experienced neck pain for at least 3 months and have reported a minimal pain level of 30 (pain threshold) on the 0-100 pain numerical rating scale (NRS) in the last 7 days.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Age under 21 or over 80.
* Patients were excluded if they had taken pain medications on the day of the assessment or if they had serious spinal pathologies, such as fractures, tumors or inflammatory diseases, such as ankylosing spondylitis, nerve root compromise confirmed by clinical neurological tests or severe cardiorespiratory diseases.
* Those who were pregnant, patients with cancer and those with a cardiac pacemaker were also excluded.
2. Healthy volunteers
Inclusion criteria:
* Age 21-80 years old.
* These participants must not have presented episodes of low back pain for more than 7 days in the last 12 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Age below 21 or over 80 years old.
* These participants have presented episodes of low back pain for more than 7 days in the last 12 months.
Healthy Volunteers:
True
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
21 Years
Maximum Age:
80 Years
Study:
NCT03362203
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03362203