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Table 3 Common exercises used in three groups

From: The comparison between the effects of pain education interventions with online and face-to-face exercise and the control group received biomedical education + standardized physical therapy in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain during COVID-19: protocol for a parallel-group randomized controlled trial

Week

Exercise

Number of sets and repetitions

Rest between each repetition

Rest between each set

Groups

Week 1

A, B, C, D, E

10 repetitions of 5–6 s, 1 set

10 s

20 s

1, 2

Week 2

B, C, D, E, F, G

Exercises B, C, D, and E, 10 repetitions of 10 s, 1 set; exercise F, 10 repetitions of 5–6 s, 1 set

10 s

20 s

1, 2

Week 3

D, E, F, G, H, I

Exercises B, C, D, E, F, and I, 109 repetitions of 10 s, 1 set; exercise G, 1 repetition of 5–6 s per level, 1 set

10 s

20 s

1, 2

Week 4

D, E, F, G, H, I, J

Exercises D, E, F, H, and I, 10 repetitions of 10 s, 2 sets; exercise J, 10 repetitions of 10 s, 1 set

10 s

20 s

1, 2

Week 5

E, F, G, H, I, J, K

Exercises E, F, H, I, and J, 10 repetitions of 10 s, 2 sets; exercise K, 10 repetitions for each shoulder

10 s

20 s

1, 2

Week 6

F, G, H, I, J, K, L

Exercises F, G, H, I, and J, 10 repetitions of 10 s, 2 sets; exercise K, 12 repetitions for each shoulder; exercise L, 10 repetitions of ten 1–2 s, 1 set

10 s

20 s

1, 2

Week 7

G, H, I, J, K, L, M

Exercise G H, I, J, and L, 10 repetitions of 10 s, 2 sets; exercise K, 12 repetitions for each shoulder; exercise M, 10 repetitions of 10 s, 1 set

10 s

20 s

1, 2

Week 8

G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N

Exercises G, H, I, J, L, and M, 10 repetitions of 10 s, 2 sets; exercise K, 12 repetitions for each shoulder; exercise N, 10 repetitions of 10 s, 1 set

10 s

20 s

1, 2

Week 9

I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P

Exercises I, J, L, M, and N, 10 repetitions of 10 s, 2 sets; exercise K, 12 repetitions for each shoulder; exercise O, 10 s per level, 1 set; exercise P, 10 repetitions, 2 sets

10 s

20 s

1, 2

Week 10

J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R

Exercises J, L, M, and R, 10 repetitions of 10 s, 2 sets; exercise K, 12 repetitions for each shoulder; exercise O, 10 s per level, 1 set; exercises P and Q, 10 repetitions, 2 sets

10 s

20 s

1, 2

Week 11

K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T

Exercises L, M, R, and S, 10 repetitions of 10 s, 1 set; exercise K, 12 repetitions for each shoulder; exercise O, 10 s per level, 1 set; exercises P, Q, and T 10 repetitions, 2 sets

10 s

20 s

1, 2

Week 12

M, N, O,P, Q, R, S, T, U, V

Exercises M, R, and S, 10 repetitions of 10 s, 2 sets; exercise K, 10 repetitions for each shoulder; exercise O, 10 s per level, 1 set; exercises P, Q, T, and U, 10 repetitions, 2 sets; exercise V, hold 5 repetitions in each level, 5–6 s

10 s

20 s

1, 2

  1. Common exercises in all three groups: the number of repetitions and the maintenance time of the mentioned exercises are the maximum required, but can be changed according to the individual’s ability. It should be noted that the subjects did a warm-up program for 5 min before each training session and a 5-min cooling program after each training session
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