Effects of Manual Therapy Versus Stretching Exercise Versus Routine Physical Therapy on Work-related Pain, Among Chefs

Neck Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of Manual Therapy Versus Stretching Exercise Versus Routine Physical Therapy on Work-related Pain, Among Patients With Non-specific Chronic Neck Pain Working as Chefs: A Randomised Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05261945
• Other study ID #: REC-FSD-00297
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: June 2022
• Source: Riphah International University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this research is to analyze the effect of Mulligan technique versus stretching techniques and versus routine physical therapy on pain, range of motion and functional disability among restaurant chefs presenting with non-specific chronic pain.

Description:

A Randomized Control Trail study will be conducted, at Riphah International University Faisalabad after the approval of synopsis. Purposive sampling will be used to enroll the patients. Patients will be selected according to the pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. The patients who will meet the inclusion criteria are allocated into three groups. The patients of group A will receive Routine physical therapy only. Group B will receive manual therapy and routine physical therapy while Group C will receive stretching exercises and routine physical therapy. The outcomes will be measured by the Neck Disability Index, visual analogue scale and bubble inclinometer. The data of patients will be recorded pre-treatment and post-treatment. The comparison between pre-treatment and post-treatment data will be done after 3 months. Informed consent will be taken from each patient. Data entry and analysis will be done with Statistical Package of Social Sciences Version 20 software.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 90
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: March 25, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• For at least 3 months, you've been suffering from neck pain
• Any Neurological problems
• For the previous three months, the patient has taken some analgesic drug for neck pain.
• Rheumatological issues
• Non-specific neck pain
• Age 18-60 years Exclusion Criteria: Neck pain due to,
• Tumors
• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Fracture
• Dislocation
• Cord compression
• Insufficiency of the vertebrobasilar artery
• Osteoprosis
• Anticoagulant or corticosteroid therapy for a long period of time
• Pain due to any congenital deformity, inflammation or any infection
• Carcinoma

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Neck Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Routine Physical Therapy
Routine Physical Therapy treatment with hot pack, TENS, and ultrasound helps in improving and relaxing the muscle spasm and soft tissue elasticity along pain reduction.
• Manual Therapy And Routine Physical Therapy
Mulligan is consider one of the most effective technique of mobilization.it is also important treatment for neck pain so that many physiotherapist used mulligan by including several methods such as Natural Apophyseal Glides or Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glides.
• Stretching Exercises And Routine Physical Therapy
Regular stretching helps increase your range of motion in the joints, improves blood circulation and posture and alleviates muscular tension throughout the body.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Ripah International University	Faisalabad	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Riphah International University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Visual analog scale	A Visual Analogue Scale is a measurement instrument that tries to measure a characteristic or attitude that is believed to range across a continuum of values and cannot easily be directly measured.	12th Week
Primary	Neck disability index	The Neck Disability Index is a 10-item questionnaire that measures a patient's self-reported neck pain related disability. A higher Neck Disability Index score means the greater a patient's perceived disability due to neck pain	12th Week
Primary	Bubble inclinometer	The Bubble Inclinometer precisely measures, tests and evaluates the ranges of motion of neck. While using, place the Inclinometer near the joint to be measured.	12th Week