The effects of tele-rehabilitation with a comprehensive exercise program on pain and function in patients with non-specific neck pain
10.3969/j.issn.1001-1242.2025.03.011
- VernacularTitle:远程综合运动治疗对非特异性颈痛患者疼痛和功能的影响
- Author:
Zhimo YANG
1
;
Haolun YANG
1
;
Junliang JIANG
1
Author Information
1. 四川大学华西医院康复医学中心,四川省成都市,610041
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
non-specific neck pain;
tele-rehabilitation;
exercise therapy;
home-based exercise
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
2025;40(3):389-396
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To compare the effects of tele-rehabilitation delivered via a WeChat mim-program with traditional outpatient-home combined rehabilitation for non-specific neck pain patients.Method:Individuals with non-specific neck pain were recruited from the Rehabilitation Medicine Department of West China Hospital between January 2021 and August 2021,were randomly assigned to either tele-rehabili-tation treatment group(TRG)or outpatient-home combined rehabilitation group.Both groups received compre-hensive exercise therapy at home or in the clinic for 4 weeks.Assessments were conducted at baseline,4 weeks,and 8 weeks post-intervention,using the Neck Disability Index(NDI),Numeric Pain Rating Scale(NPRS),and Pain Self-efficacy Questionnaire(PSEQ).Result:A total of 60 patients completed the intervention,with 30 in each group.There were no significant de-mographic differences between groups.At the 4-week mark,both groups showed significant improvements in NDI,NPRS and PSEQ scores compared to baseline,but no significant differences were found between groups.By the 8th week,the tele-rehabilitation group showed further improvements in all three metrics,with NDI and NPRS scores significantly better than those of the outpatient-home combined rehabilitation group.Conclusion:Both remote and outpatient-home combined comprehensive exercise therapies demonstrate short-term effects on non-specific neck pain.However,tele-rehabilitation exhibited more sustained improvements,sug-gesting that it holds promise for further clinical application.
