Home-Based Exercise After Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection for Cervical Radiculopathy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-70
SponsorNecmettin Erbakan University
About this trial
Cervical radiculopathy is a common cause of neck and arm pain resulting from compression or inflammation of a cervical nerve root. Cervical epidural steroid injection is frequently used to reduce pain and improve function in patients who do not respond to conservative treatment. However, long-term functional recovery may require additional rehabilitation strategies. This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate whether adding a standardized home-based exercise program after cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injection improves pain, disability, sleep quality, and quality of life in patients with chronic cervical radiculopathy. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive either injection alone or injection followed by an eight-week home-based exercise program.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age between 18 and 70 years.
Chronic cervical radicular pain lasting ≥3 months, characterized by neck pain with accompanying arm pain consistent with a cervical nerve root distribution.
Average pain intensity ≥4/10 on the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) over the preceding 7 days at baseline.
Diagnosis of chronic cervical radiculopathy due to cervical disc herniation, confirmed by clinical examination and cervical MRI findings at the corresponding level.
Disqualifiers
Clinical signs of cervical myelopathy or progressive neurological deficit.
Suspicion of serious spinal pathology (e.g., infection, malignancy).
Contraindications to epidural steroid injection, including uncontrolled coagulopathy, anticoagulant therapy not appropriately managed, or local/systemic infection.
Pregnancy.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Cervical Interlaminar Epidural Steroid Injection
- Home-Based Exercise Program
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov