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Filter by:Cervical spondylosis is a chronic degenerative condition, commonly affecting >40-year-old adults worldwide. Cervical spondylosis is an important cause of neck pain and low back pain, and seriously affects the physical health, mental health, patients quality of life. Yoga has been most commonly used intervention for pain conditions. But its efficacy in cervical spondylosis has not yet been studied in clinical trials. The primary aim of the present study was to assess the efficacy of yoga chikitsa (therapy) compared with control intervention for neck pain caused by cervical spondylosis.
Chronic nonspecific neck pain (CNNP) is a public health issues with a 50% life prevalence. CNNP is a leading cause of disability which contributes to higher costs due to loss of productivity, disability, and increased absenteeism from work. Yoga has been found effective managing neck pain but there has been no study at work setting for chronic non-specific neck pain. To determine the effectiveness of Yoga@work program for chronic non specific neck pain among office workers, present randomised controlled trial was undertaken.
The Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire was first developed in English to test whether healthcare staff and patients could exactly understand pain neurophysiology. This questionnaire which contains 19 items was developed from the exam questions of students interested in post-graduate pain medicine. Catley et al. (2013) investigated the psychometric properties of the modified Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire with a few word differences from the original version by conducting a rash analysis on 300 patients with chronic spinal pain. Acceptable internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the questionnaire were recorded. However, it was stated that 7 items negatively affect psychometric properties of the questionnaire. As a result, the author concluded that the questionnaire had sufficient psychometric properties for use in chronic spinal pain subjects, but further studies were needed. The Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire was used to measure a knowledge about pain in different studies. The validity and reliability studies of the Dutch, French and Brazlian Portuguese versions of the Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire were conducted in the literature. The aim of our study was to translate the Revised Neurophysiology of Pain Questionnaire into Turkish language and to investigate its psychometric properties.
The term myofascial pain refers to the existence of myofascial trigger points (MTP), which are defined as hypersensitive points in a tense band of skeletal muscle, which can cause referred pain or autonomous phenomena. To address the treatment of myofascial trigger points, conservative and invasive techniques have been proposed. Dry needling is one of the invasive techniques that have been shown to be effective in improving pain and function in patients with myofascial trigger points. This trial aims to analyse the effectiveness of dry needling in patients with myofascial neck pain.
Objective: The aim of the present study is to analyze the immediate effect of a single cervical spinal manipulation on cervical movement pattern. Further, To perform the sample size calculation, the investigators took into consideration that the investigators pretend to achieve a medium effect size (d=0.5) of the differences with two groups (EG and CG) and two aimed to explore the impact on pain, disability and patient's improvement-perceived sensation, comparing with a placebo. Methods: The study design is experimental and purposive sampling was used to select the study participants. The grouping allocation was randomized. The people volunteer to participate in the study, are assigned to the experimental group (EG) that will receive a single manipulation, to the control group (CG) that will receive a single placebo treatment. The participants will be assessed twice, one before the treatment and the other, after the end. Head movement is recorded by means of a video-photogrammetry system from the coordinates of a set of eight reflective markers located on a helmet. The movements will be record at 200 fps. In each evaluation, the perceived pain and the neck disability index are also recorded. And the impression of change is evaluated only in the second evaluation. Outcomes. Pain, Disability of the neck, Impression of Change, Range of motion (RoM), Maximum angular velocity (MAV), Maximum angular acceleration (MAA) and Harmonicity (HARM). Intervention: The intervention, in both groups, it includes only one session that lasted 15 minutes approximately: a) Cervical manipulation intervention and b)Placebo intervention.
Participants will be 18-59 years old who are recruited through a convenience sample from the UMHB/Belton community. There will be a randomized control trial consisting of three groups. Each participant will be assigned based on their order of entry to the study group assignment and then randomly organized via computer generation into 3 groups of 20 participants including a control group, a dry needling group (DN), and a dry needling E-stim group (DN-ES), resulting in approximately 60 total participants. Participants in the DN and DN-ES groups will be treated four times; at weeks 0, 2, 4 and 6 of the study. Data will be collected at weeks 4, 6 and 12 in all groups.
The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of a 6-week cervical stabilization exercise program in university violin players with chronic nonspecific neck pain.
Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is a collective term for pain and dysfunction of the masticatory muscles and temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Typical signs and symptoms of TMD includes regional pain, noises from the TMJs and limitations in jaw movements. Altered jaw kinematics and muscle activity have also been reported. TMD may be related to neck problems. Over 50% of patients with TMD suffer from nonspecific neck pain. Patients with TMD often have symptoms over neck, including upper cervical spine movement impairment and reduced cervical muscles endurance. Conversely, TMD may also develop in patients with neck pain. Twenty to thirty-three percent of patients with neck pain also have TMD. Subjects with neck pain present with a twofold higher prevalence of TMD than those without neck pain. In patients with neck pain, the development or perpetuation of TMD may be due to the anatomical connection between TMJ and neck: neck posture affects the mandible position and sensory inputs from the cervical-mandibular region converge at the trigemino-cervical nucleus. Early identification of TMD is essential but to our knowledge, no study has investigated whether patients with neck pain demonstrate altered jaw movement and muscle activity, which is associated with TMD. The purposes of this proposal are to compare the jaw kinematics, muscle activity and muscle sensitivity in healthy individuals and patients with non-specific chronic neck pain (NCNP). This study also aimed to investigate the relationship between forward-head posture and the jaw kinematics, muscle activity as well as muscle sensitivity. With a cross-sectional exploratory study design, 30 healthy control subjects and 30 subjects with NCNP will be recruited. Clinical assessments will include cervical range of motion (CROM), pressure pain threshold (PPT) over the cervical-mandibular region and the cranial-cervical angle (CCA). Jaw kinematics will be measured by Ultrasonic Jaw Motion Analyzer (Zebris GmbH) during functional jaw movements. Muscle activities are record from bilateral anterior temporalis, masseter, sternocleidomastoid muscle and upper trapezius by surface electromyography during resting and clenching.
In this study, the investigators will evaluate the efficacy and safety of pharmacopuncture therapy for chronic neck pain compared to physical therapy.
This study evaluates the efficacy isolated and combinaded of photobiomodulation therapy with low level laser therapy and the transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation.