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Diaphragm's Manual Therapy in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

NCT03223285 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2019-05-29

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Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of diaphragm's manual therapy in addition to cervical spine manual therapy in terms of pain, cervical spine range of motion, trigger points pain pressure threshold, disability and quality of life in patient with chronic aspecific neck pain.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Real Treatment Group

Real Diaphragm manoeuvres The experimental manoeuvres include the Doming The Diaphragm Technique as described by Digiovanna (2004), Chila (2011) and Yao (2014) and the Manual Diaphragm Release Technique as described by Ricard (2009), De Coster (2005) and Roha (2015). Both manoeuvres are performed in two sets of 10 repetitions, within a 1-minute interval. Multifaced physiotherapy/osteopathic treatment includes: vertebral mobilisations (C0-D1), high-velocity low-amplitude (HVLA) thrusts of the cervical spine, soft tissue techniques

BEHAVIORAL

Sham Treatment Group

Sham Diaphragm manoeuvre: the physiotherapist will simply lie hands on the rib cage, and rest along the anterolateral costal margin below rib 7, during normal breathing of the patient for 40 breathes. Multifaced physiotherapy/osteopathic treatment includes: vertebral mobilisations (C0-D1), high-velocity low-amplitude (HVLA) thrusts of the cervical spine, soft tissue techniques

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Università degli Studi di Ferrara

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marco Da Roit, PT, MSc · Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Physiotherapy Degree Course

  • Giulia Simoni, PT, OMT, MSc · Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Physiotherapy Degree Course

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-16
Primary Completion
2018-05-16
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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