Effectiveness of Manual Myofascial Release Versus Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain"

Chronic Neck Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Manual Myofascial Release Versus Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain"

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05502406
• Other study ID #: FUI/CTR/2022/9
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: February 2023

Study information

• Verified date: August 2022
• Source: Foundation University Islamabad
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Neck pain has a global prevalence of 30%, being the fourth leading cause of disability among general population and is more prevalent among females than males, as per concluded by evidence. It is undoubtedly the need of time, to address its proper treatment and to hinder its recurrence amongst the general population. The current physical therapy management of neck pain is more focused towards achieving the short term goals for the patient rather than addressing and amending the actual cause of its relapse. Manual Myofascial Release is one of the very effective treatment used to release soft tissue and fascial adhesions over the myofascia inorder to relieve chronic neck pain. The study aims to compare this manual treatment against Instrument Assisted soft tissue mobilization in order to determine which of the two provides improved outcome in terms of pain, neck disability and cervical Range of motion.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: February 2023
• Est. primary completion date: January 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male and Female participants belonging to the age group of 18 to 40 years

• Participants suffering from neck pain for more than 3months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Recent history of Whiplash Injury.

• Recent traumatic history of head, cervical spine, shoulder girdle or fractures of the cervical spine or shoulder complex.

• History of Cervical Radiculopathy, spondylosis, spondylolisthesis, disc prolapse, any other systemic disease or vascular syndrome such as vertebro-basilar Insufficiency.

• Diagnosed Fibromyalgia, myopathy or myelopathy

• Sensory/Motor dysfunction owing to any neurological pathology in the mid or upper back.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Neck Pain
• Neck Pain

Intervention

Procedure:
• Instrument Assisted Soft tissue Mobilization
Using a C shaped IASTM tool gentle horizontal stroking at an angle of 45 degree will be given over the cervicodorsal fascia
• Manual Myofascial Release
Participants will receive myofascial release through velvet glove technique on upper trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscle using four strokes in the following fashion: Begin superior to the clavicle with a loose fist and move the back of the hand over the upper trapezius, fastening the tissue and bringing it over the table. The next stroke addresses the curve of the neck, again hooking the tissue while moving the bak of your fist towards the table. The last stroke goes over the entire cervical spine hooking over the sternocleidomastoid muscle bringing it into myofascial release. Stay away from the carotid pulse, and incase a pulse is felt, do not apply pressure and reposition your hand

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Fauji Foundation Hospital	Rawalpindi	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Foundation University Islamabad

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain intensity	Pain will be measured using numeric pain rating scale which is a 10 point scale characterising 0 as no pain and 10 as worst possible pain.	2 weeks