Table 1.
Overview of standard procedure and data collection according to Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials 2013 criteria
| Time point | Enrolment | Allocation | Postallocation | ||
| -T1 | T0 | T1 | T2 | T3 | |
| Enrolment | |||||
| Eligibility screen | X | ||||
| Informed consent | X | ||||
| Demographic assessment | X | ||||
| Group allocation | X | ||||
| Intervention | |||||
| Neck muscles activation | X | X | |||
| Neck muscles strengthening | X | X | |||
| Conventional care | X | X | |||
| Assessment | |||||
| BPI | X | X | X | ||
| ROM | X | X | X | ||
| Muscle strength | X | X | X | ||
| Endurance | X | X | X | ||
| CVA | X | X | X | ||
| NDI | X | X | X | ||
BPI, Brief Pain Inventory; CVA, craniovertebral angle; NDI, Neck Disability Scale; ROM, range of motion; T0, group allocation; -T1, prestudy enrolment; T1, baseline before the intervention; T2, measurement taken in 5 weeks after T1; T3, measurement taken after 12 weeks of T1.