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Muscle Energy Technique and Static Stretching on Pain Intensity and Functional Disability in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain

NCT04350918 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2020-04-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Neck pain is becoming increasingly common throughout the world with a considerable impact on individuals, communities, health-care systems and businesses (Hoy et al, 2011).Neck pain is a common problem within our society affecting individual's physical and social functioning considerably and interfering with the patient's daily activities. There is lack of evidence to allow conclusions to be drawn about the effectiveness of MET when compared with stretching exercises for relieving mechanical neck pain. Therefore, this study is designed to examine the effect of MET, static stretching and to compare their effects on pain intensity and functional disability in patient with mechanical neck pain.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

DEVICE

Muscle Enery Techniques

Group of patients that underwent muscle energy technique as a mean of treatment for the complaint

DEVICE

Static Stretching

Set of patients that had static stretching technique for the treatment for the complaint

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Obafemi Awolowo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Adesola O Ojoawo PhD · Head, Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife

  • Kayode Ijaduola · Provost, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-05-23
Primary Completion
2019-12-24
Completion
2020-01-16

Countries

  • Nigeria

Study Locations

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