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Filter by:Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders are some of the most burdensome health issues in the world and the leading causes of years living with a disability. Between them, jaw pain and neck have been very prevalent among the general population. Subjects with chronic neck and jaw pain present with persistent pain, allodynia, and hyperalgesia, sometimes extending to regions distant from the neck, head, or face, as well as cognitive and motor dysfunction. In addition, both conditions are commonly related to pain in other anatomical regions, and they also might also exhibit a greater risk for pain-associated somatic symptom burden. The treatment for patients with neck and jaw could involve different techniques in the rehabilitation area. Between them, therapeutic exercise is a cornerstone of MSK disease rehabilitation. Although mechanisms of action for exercise in subjects with pain are not yet understood, therapeutic exercise is widely applied in a variety of painful MSK conditions, such as low back pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, osteoarthritis, and disorders of the cervical and craniofacial regions such as temporomandibular disorders, headaches, and neck pain. Besides its effects on function and health, therapeutic exercise is known to have some pain-relieving effects and specific motor control exercises targeted to the neck can enhance the neural control of the cervical spine in patients with neck involvement such as patients with jaw and neck pain. Previous studies have demonstrated that treatment directed to the neck may be beneficial in decreasing pain intensity in the masticatory muscles, increasing pain-free mouth opening, and decreasing pain in the head and neck regions in people with jaw pain. In addition, neck motor control exercises have been successful to manage chronic neck pain and cervicogenic headache. Subjects with neck pain and associated disorders receiving neck motor control exercises had a reduction of pain and improved quality of life. Another option that has been explored to relieve MSK pain is aerobic exercise. Aerobic exercise has been used to stimulate the release of pain-relieving peptides in healthy human beings; however, little is known about the analgesic effect of exercise in people suffering from actual musculoskeletal pain. Previous literature found positive results in favor of aerobic exercise for pain relief. However, none of them included patients with jaw and neck-related disorders. Therefore, the aim of the present pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to test the effectiveness of local craniocervical motor control exercises when compared with aerobic exercise on pain-disability related outcomes such as pain intensity, pain pressure thresholds (PPTs), jaw and neck disabilities and to restore normal muscular performance and fatigability of the cervical muscles in people with jaw and neck pain. Also, an important objective for performing this pilot study is to test the feasibility of these protocols and gather data that will be the basis for applying to external funding. This study will be a randomized controlled trial, blinded, two-armed parallel group. It will include women between 18-60 years of age; diagnosed with temporomandibular disorders (i.e., jaw pain) classified by the new Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (DC/TMD); or diagnosed with idiopathic chronic neck pain associated or not with TMD. Because this is an exploratory (pilot) study it will include at least 21 subjects per treatment group. The primary outcome will be pain intensity evaluated by the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and the secondary outcomes will be Neck Disability Index; Jaw Function; Pressure Pain Threshold; Psychological functioning; Global Rating Scale; and Muscular performance and fatigability of the cervical muscles. The patients will be randomized into two groups: local craniocervical motor control exercises and aerobic exercise. The local craniocervical motor control exercises program will be focused on training the deep and superficial flexors and extensors neck muscles. The treatment will consist of a 12-week progressive training program with a total duration of 30-45 min per session. Individuals assigned to the aerobic exercise will receive cycling exercise, with a total duration of 60 minutes. Both groups will be evaluated before the treatment starts (baseline); after two and six weeks from the beginning of treatment (1st and 2nd partial evaluation); at the end of the treatment (final evaluation - 12 weeks); and after three and six months of the end of the treatment (1st and 2nd follow-up).
INTRODUCTION: It is very common that migraine patients could refer neck pain during or after the pain phase of migraine, suggesting that migraine pathophysiological mechanisms could be effective in activating neck pain pathways and be part of the migraine attack. Due to the therapeutic effect of multimodal physical therapy (mobilization and/or manipulation plus exercises) on several pain conditions arising from articular and/or muscular structures such as neck pain, and given the close clinical, anatomical and pathogenetic bi-directional relationship between neck pain and migraine, it would be of interest to evaluate the effectiveness of the physical treatment of the neck region in migraine pain. PURPOSE: to evaluate the efficacy of a combined multimodal physical therapy approach plus usual care vs. usual care alone in subjects with episodic and chronic migraine with concomitant cervical musculoskeletal dysfunctions. STUDY DESIGN: this is a prospective, parallel group, randomized clinical trial. METHODS: A total of 56 subjects aged 18-65 who meet criteria for episodic or chronic migraine with concomitant cervical musculoskeletal dysfunctions will be randomly assigned to receive, musculoskeletal focused multimodal physical therapy (16 sessions over 8 weeks) plus usual care treatment vs. usual care alone. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: not declared.
Persistent pain and disability in whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) grade II and III are common. Randomized controlled studies (RCTs) have shown promising result for neck-specific exercise (NSE) programmes in chronic WAD with clinically and statistically significant improvement in pain and disability. Neck-specific exercise with internet support (NSEIT) and four visits to a physiotherapist was non-inferior to NSE at a physiotherapist clinic 2 times a week in 12 weeks (24 visits). The aims of the proposed study are to evaluate an implementation strategy for NSE and NSEIT in primary health care and to evaluate the effectiveness of NSE and NSEIT in clinical practice.
This study will be a randomized control trial and will be conducted in Polyclinic Hospital Islamabad & Rawal Dental and General Hospital Rawalpindi. A sample of 62 participants will be taken. Patients will be divided into two equal groups of 31 participants in each group, group Randomization will be done through flip coin method. Patients in group A will receive Maitland's antero-posterior Mobilization, while Patients in group B will receive Maitland's lateral mobilizations. 4 sessions of treatment will be given for 2 weeks with interval of 3 days, 4 days and 7 days between 1st & 2nd session, 2nd & 3rd session and 3rd & 4th session, respectively. The outcome measures will be OMRON Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor, Numeric pain rating scale(NPRS) and Global Rating of Change questionare will be measured at baseline and at the end of 4th session. Data will be analyzed by SPSS 25.
This project will compare the effects of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching and Stabilization of Upper Trapezius on Pain, Range of Motion and Functional Disability in Mobile Phone User with mobile phone-induced Neck Pain. The population sample will be 50 divided randomly into two groups by concealed envelop method. Then I will collect data from the social security hospital Physiotherapy department, Lahore. Group A was given stretching exercises and Group B was given stabilization exercises (25 stretchings and 25stabilization). NDI and NPRS were used as an outcome measure to quantify the upper trapezius on pain, range of motion, and functional disability with non-specific neck pain.
Chronic neck pain is described as pain located between the occiput and the third thoracic vertebra that persists for more than 3 months. Chronic neck pain is one of the biggest musculoskeletal health problem in industrialized countries, representing 14.6% of all such problems today. 50% of the adult population will experience cervical pain at some point during the year. The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a single exercise session with manual therapy techniques of the upper cervical spine against a single exercise session in patients with chronic neck pain and upper cervical spine dysfunction. The treatment will be applied by 1 therapist with orthopedic manual therapist (MT)-specialist training and more than 10 years of MT experience. The primary outcome measurements will be cervical mobility and cervical pressure pain threshold. Intensity of pain will be also used as secondary outcome measure. These measurements shall be taken before and immediately after the relevant intervention. Exercise Group After the baseline assessments, patients will performed the cervical stabilization exercise, and will taught to perform the contraction of deep neck flexor muscle activity with the help of the Stabilizer Pressure Biofeedback Unit (Chattanooga, USA) in supine. In addition, progress will continued in the exercise of the contraction of deep neck flexor muscles in other positions. The progression of the exercises will be adapted to each patient, depending on their evolution. Firstly, exercises will undertaken in the supine and standing positions; once these positions will be mastered, the exercises progressed to asymmetric positions with cervical bending and/or rotation toward each patient's most symptomatic side. Also, no pain will be allowed in the positions. Exercises were always carried out without pain, because pain can be an inhibitor of muscle contraction. The Exercise (E) group will carried out one 20-minute session, composed of 2 blocks of 10 repetitions, holding each exercise for 10 seconds, a 40-second rest between each repetition and 2 minutes between blocks. Manual Therapy + Exercise Group The MT + E group will carried out 20-minute sessions led by an experienced physical therapist. In the first 5 minutes, muscle techniques will be performed to prepare the tissue of the upper cervical spine before applying joint techniques. In the next 15 minutes, manipulation (high velocity low amplitude) and / or mobilization techniques of the upper cervical spine, including the C2-3 segment, will be combined with cervical exercise. The MT techniques were applied depending on the clinical findings in each patient.
An experimental study will be conducted to evaluate the effect of dry needling on the M. Obliquus capitis inferior on rotational mobility and headache realted outcome measures in patients with cervicogenic headache.
Identifying high-risk factors that may lead to shoulder, neck and lower back discomfort and contributing to the primary prevention of disease progression.
The purpose of this study will determine the effect of muscle energy technique versus mulligan technique on neck pain in breastfeeding women.
This prognostic prediction model will be a reference for the health care professionals in clinical decision making and subsequent outcomes in dealing with patients having sub-acute and chronic neck pain, as well as, it will be a guide regarding therapeutic management and patients' education. Although various studies have evaluated the prognostic factors for individual neck pain conditions or treatment, to author Knowledge, no such prognostic model is available yet that predict the recovery in patients of sub-acute and chronic neck pain when managed conservatively. Therefore, this study is aimed to create a prediction model suggesting the recovery time for neck pain.