Comparing the Effect of Deep Neck Flexors Versus MCkenice Exercises on Cervical Functions

Chronic Neck Pain Clinical Trial

— McKENICE  

Official title:

Comparing the Effect of Deep Neck Flexors and MCkenice Exercises on Cervical Mobility,Pain and Disability in Chronic Neck Pain Participants

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04793763
• Other study ID #: P.T.REC/012/003053
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 27, 2021
• Est. completion date: March 30, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: February 2021
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: Reham H Diab, profeessor
• Phone: 00201006195473
• Email: reham.diab[@]yahoo.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Physical Therapy rehabilitation programs could involve Manual procedures, stretching, traction, massage, electrotherapy, thermal agents, ultrasound, education and general exercise..In the recovery of patients with neck pain, exercise is one of the most commonly used modalities to gain muscle strength, endurance, and flexibility in order to recover damaged muscles and to maintain regular life activities.. Neck pain management exercise programs vary in terms of length, training frequency, intensity, and mode of exercise. .

Description:

This study will be a randomized controlled trial that involved sixty patients of both gender with chronic neck pain with duration of at least six weeks that will be recruited into the study. They will be recruited from the out patient clinic of Faculty of Physical Therapy, Egypt ,their age ranged from (30-50) years old with mean age, their height ranged from (152-182) cm and their weight ranged from (55-90) kg , Patients will be included if they had a localized chronic neck pain without any current arm pain or discomfort were included.Groups:

A: twenty patients will receive traditional Physical Therapy agents, Group B: twenty patients will receive traditional Physical Therapy agents plus isometric, stretching, scapulothoracic exercises and deep neck flexors exercises; and Group C: twenty patients will receive traditional Physical Therapy agents plus isometric, stretching, scapulothoracic exercises and Mckenzie technique.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: March 30, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: March 30, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 30 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. age ranges from (30-50) years old with mean age,

2. height ranges from (152-182) cm and their weight ranged from (55-90) kg

3. Patients will be included if they have a localized chronic neck pain without any current arm pain or discomfort were included.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. history of cervical spine injury or surgery, if neck pain is secondary to other conditions (including neoplasm, neurological diseases or vascular diseases),

2. they have a radiculopathy presenting neurological deficit

3. they had infection or inflammatory arthritis in the cervical spine,

4. they have pain with any cause in or around the scapula, shoulder, upper extremities and lumbar spine that prevents stabilization of these structures.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Neck Pain
• Neck Pain

Intervention

Other:
• traditional therapeutic exercises
group A will receive traditional exercises
• traditional therapeutic exercises and McKenize technique
Group B will receive traditional therapeutic exercises and McKenize technique
• traditional therapeutic exercises and deep neck flexor exercises
Group C receive traditional therapeutic exercises and deep neck flexor exercises

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Faculity of Physical Therapy	Giza

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	neck functional activity	The Copenhagen neck capacity inability scale	after 6 weeks
Primary	pain disability	VAS	after 6 weeks
Primary	cervical range of motion	use Myrin goniometer	after 6 weeks