Non-specific Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain Clinical Trial
— IASTMOfficial title:
Instrument-assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization Versus Integrated Neuromuscular Inhibition Technique on Mechanical Non-specific Neck Pain
Verified date | June 2022 |
Source | Cairo University |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
the aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy of instrumented assisted soft tissue mobilization versus integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique on mechanical non-specific neck pain
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 90 |
Est. completion date | March 30, 2021 |
Est. primary completion date | March 30, 2021 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years to 35 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: 1. diagnosed as non-specific neck pain with upper trapezius active myofascial trigger points less than 3 months of duration and have these criteria: taut band on palpation, hyper sensible tender spot in the taut band, local twitch response referred pain pattern 2. body mass index from 18 to 25 kg/m2 3. their ages from 18-35 Exclusion Criteria: 1. if they had trigger point injections within the past 6 months 2. history of neck or upper back surgery, trauma or fracture 3. history of a whiplash injury, skin diseases and lesions, any sensory disturbances, any vascular syndromes, neck and back deformities 4. cervical radiculopathy, and diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome, skin diseases |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Egypt | Al Shaymaa Shaaban Abd El Azeim | Giza |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Cairo University |
Egypt,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | pain intensity | The scale that will be used the VAS ;each subject will instructed to put point on line from no pain to tolerable pain | up to four weeks | |
Secondary | neck disability | will be measured by Arabic neck disability index | up to four weeks | |
Secondary | muscle amplitude in the form of normalized root mean square (RMS) | muscle amplitude will be measured by surface electromyography for upper trapezius | up to four weeks | |
Secondary | muscle fatigue in the form of median frequency | muscle fatigue will be measured by surface electromyography for upper trapezius | up to four weeks |