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

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Outpatient clinic, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Misr university for scientific and technology, Egypt

Cairo, Egypt, 34518