Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of Instrument-assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization Versus Myofascial Release in Treatment of Mechanical Neck Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Cairo University
Conditions:
Neck Pain
Soft Tissue Injuries
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-35 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Mechanical neck pain has become a major health problem recently, affecting around one-year prevalence ranging from 42 to 67% in young adults aged 20-24 years causing pain and functional deficits. No s...
Detailed Description
Mechanical neck pain is a major social and economic burden. It showed a one-year prevalence ranging from 42 to 67% in young adults aged 20-24 years. Treatment of neck pain is costly in terms of utiliz...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient's age will be between 18-25 years old.
- Subjects with mechanical neck pain localized to cervical and periscapular region.
- Subjects with at least one trigger point in the upper trapezius and/or levator scapulae muscles
- Subjects should report mechanical neck pain of at least 30 mm on a visual analogue scale (VAS). The scale is ranged from 0 mm (no pain) to 100 mm (worst imaginable pain).
- Subjects who use computers daily for at least two hours and are involved in distance learning for at least three months.
Exclusion
- Any specific neck pathology as radiculopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic diseases.
- Sensory problems at mid or upper back
- A tendency to hemorrhage or anticoagulation treatment. And nonsteroidal pain medication
- History of head and upper trunk trauma or surgery.
- Signs of severe pathology such as malignancy, fractures of the cervical spine, cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy, or vascular syndromes such as vertebrobasilar insufficiency.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 22 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
35 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05213871
Start Date
February 1 2022
End Date
March 22 2022
Last Update
March 25 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Outpatient clinic, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Misr university for scientific and technology, Egypt
Cairo, Egypt, 34518