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Treatment of Cervical Syndrome With Myofascial Therapies

NCT03184220 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2019-04-16

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Summary

This study aimed to investigate the effects of myofascial release therapy (MRT) for improving pressure pain thresholds (PPTs), range of motion and pain in patients with mechanical neck pain (NP).

Conditions

  • Cervical Syndrome

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Physiotherapy treatment

The MRT group was treated five times with several maneuvers. Each maneuver was performed once per session by slow and progressive application of a light force. The whole procedure lasted no more than 45 minutes. The treatment included four basic maneuvers. * Suboccipital induction * Posterior elongation of the cervical fascia in Supine position * Assisted cervical fascia * Myofascial induction of sternocleidomastoid

PROCEDURE

Physiotherapy treatment

The PT group will treated during two weeks (ten days/week) with ultrasound therapy (US), transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) and massage, in this order. Ultrasound will applied in pulse mode at an intensity of 1 megahertz for 10 minutes in the sub-occipital region and the vicinity of the trapezius muscles. TENS will applied with a pulse duration of 250 microseconds at a frequency of 80 Hertz for 20 minutes in the sub-occipital region and the trapezoids. Deep massage was applied at a slow speed for 20 minutes using sliding neutral creams. Massage therapy included gliding and kneading techniques applied over trapezius (upper, lower and middle fibers), splenius capitis and levator scapulae muscles with a therapeutic intention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Cadiz

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Manuel Rodriguez Huguet · University of Cadiz

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-11-01
Primary Completion
2017-12-20
Completion
2018-02-01

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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