Exercise Program for Patients With Cervical Dystonia Who Are Treated With Botulinum Toxin Type A
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Prof. Dr. Şehim Kutlay
- Where
- Ankara, TürkiyeSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 34 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Oct 2022
- Planned end
- 1 Oct 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Stretching and Strengthening Exercises
- Breathing and Rhythmic Coordination Exercises
- Record updated
- 18 September 2025
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Be over 18 years old
- Completion of Informed Signed Consent Form
- Diagnosis of cervical dystonia by neurology
- Botulinum toxin injection for cervical dystonia in Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Neurology Department Movement Disorders Outpatient Clinic
- To have the necessary infrastructure to watch the prepared exercise videos on computers, phones, tablets
Who cannot take part
- Presence of dementia/cognitive disorder or symptomatic psychiatric disease, which was previously diagnosed or detected during the anamnesis process, preventing participation in the program
- Failure to approve the Informed Signed Consent Form
- Cardiovascular, systemic or musculoskeletal problems that prevent participation in the exercise program
Where in Türkiye
- Ankara University Faculty of MedicineAnkara, TürkiyeContact: Sehim Kutlay, Prof. Dr.Taking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Dystonia is involuntary movements characterized by posture abnormalities or repetitive movements as a result of continuous or intermittent simultaneous contraction of opposing muscle groups. Dystonic movements are twisted and twisted in a certain pattern. Dystonia is named in different ways according to its distribution in the body. Cervical dystonia is the most common form of regional dystonia and can be defined as involuntary movements of the head in normal upright posture.Cervical dystonia has different names according to the posture of the neck (torticollis, laterocollis, anterocollis and retrocollis). These different postures can be seen individually as well as together.Pain in cervical dystonia is seen in approximately 70% of patients, and this condition is closely related to involuntary contractions of neck muscles and neck posture disorder. Fatigue, anxiety, unhappiness, decreased self-efficacy and limitation in daily living activities due to decreased neck movements are the main causes of disability in patients with cervical dystonia. The first-line treatment of cervical dystonia consists of injecting botulinum toxin type A into the relevant muscles to alleviate these complaints.There is increasing evidence that range of motion, stretching, and relaxation exercises, in addition to botulinum toxin therapy, have beneficial effects on pain and disability in patients with cervical dystonia.In this study, patients with cervical dystonia who received botulinum toxin type A injection will be divided into study group and control group.The patients in the study group will be given stretching, strengthening, breathing and rhythmic coordination exercises for the muscles involved. (Personalized exercise program) In the control group, only breathing and rhythmic coordination exercises will be given and the two groups will be compared.Thus, it is aimed to investigate the effect of a personalized exercise program on clinical findings and the patient's quality of life.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Study GroupExisting treatment, for comparison
The patients in the study group will be given stretching, strengthening, breathing and rhythmic coordination exercises for the muscles involved. (Personalized exercise program)
Treatment: Stretching and Strengthening Exercises and Breathing and Rhythmic Coordination Exercises
- Control GroupPlacebo, for comparison
The patients in the control group will be given only breathing and rhythmic coordination exercises.
Treatment: Breathing and Rhythmic Coordination Exercises
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Evaluation of the Effect of Personalized Exercise Program on Clinical Findings and Quality of Life of Patients With Cervical Dystonia Who Received Botulinum Toxin Type A Injection
- Record updated
- 18 September 2025