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Effectiveness of Scapula Mobilization on Mechanosensitivity of Upper Limb Neural Test 1 in Mechanical Neck Pain

NCT04168476 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2020-10-19

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Summary

Between 45% and 70% of the general population suffers neck pain at some point in their lives, making it one of the most frequent reasons for taking sick leave. Given its importance in physiotherapy at clinical level, we seek to observe how a scapular mobilization technique might influence the neural mechanosensitivity of the median nerve as measured by Upper Limb Neural Test 1 (ULNT1) on subjects with neck pain.

Hypotheses and objectives. Performing a scapular mobilization technique on subjects with neck pain and a positive ULNT1 improves the patient's response to said test. It also decreases the patient's neck pain as measured using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain and increases grip strength.

Material and method. A single-blind clinical trial was performed on subjects randomly assigned to either a treatment group or control group. The sample consisted of 60 subjects (N = 60) -30 in the treatment group (n = 30) and the other 30 as a control (n = 30) -and was made up of patients with neck pain and a positive ULNT1. A scapular mobilization was performed on the first group and on the second, a calcaneus abduction adduction on the opposite side from the positive ULNT1 as a placebo.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain
  • Musculoskeletal Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

Interscapular muscle release or scapular mobilization technique as described by Travell and Simons.

Patient is sidelying with the testing side up. The auditor stands in front of the patient, reaches over the patient's shoulder to grasp the upper portion of the vertebral border of the scapula, and the other arm reaches under the patient's humerus to grasp the lower portion of the vertebral border of the scapula. The auditor then slowly moves the scapula into elevation/depression, internal/external rotation/abduction and adduction. To standardize the technique and be able to reproduce it in each participant, a set of 10 repetitions for each movement was performed in the same order.

OTHER

Calcaneus abduction and adduction mobilization technique

Abduction and adduction mobilization of the calcaneus is carried out in the opposite side of the upper extremity measured.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aitor Vaquero Garrido

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aitor Vaquero Garrido · University of Seville

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
22 Years
Max Age
79 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-12-01
Primary Completion
2020-01-01
Completion
2020-02-27

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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