Bowen Therapy and Foam Rolling in Patients With Text Neck Syndrome

Neck Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of Bowen Therapy and Foam Rolling in Text Neck Syndrome Among Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06228664
• Other study ID #: REC/MS-PT/01675 Kashmala Zeb
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: January 30, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: Riphah International University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to compare the effects of both the therapies on postural changes, pain, decreased ROM, and functional disability among students suffering from Text Neck Syndrome.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: January 30, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: January 30, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• neck-head trauma
• history of surgical intervention in the neck area
• neurological deficit
• severe neck pain which required medical treatment
• cervical disc disease with radiculopathy
• inflammatory or malignant type of pain
• systematic disease
• scoliosis
• kyphosis.

Exclusion Criteria:

• neck-head trauma
• history of surgical intervention in the neck area
• neurological deficit
• severe neck pain which required medical treatment
• cervical disc disease with radiculopathy
• inflammatory or malignant type of pain
• systematic disease
• scoliosis
• kyphosis.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Neck Pain

Intervention

Other:
• foam rolling
Foam Rolling Technique on trapezius and suboccipital muscles.conventional therapy (15 min Hot pack, neck isometric exercises and cervical ROM exercises within pain free range). Patients will be treated 3 times per week for 6 consecutive weeks
• bowen therapy
Bowen Therapy. conventional therapy (15 min Hot pack, neck isometric exercises and cervical ROM exercises within pain free range) will be given to both groups. Patients will be treated 3 times per week for 6 consecutive weeks

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	CECOS university of IT and emerging sciences	Peshawar	KPK

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Riphah International University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Neck Disability Index	Changes from baseline, The neck disability index is a ten item self-reported questionnaire that assesses pain and associated disability, with a total max score of 50 points	6 week
Primary	NPRS	Changes from baseline.The Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) measures the subjective intensity of pain. The NPRS is an eleven-point scale from 0 to 10. "0" = no pain and "10" = most intense pain	6 week