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Effects of Instrumental and Manipulative Techniques for the Suboccipital Region in Subjects With Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain

NCT04777890 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2021-06-15

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Summary

The aim of the study is to compare the effectiveness between the suboccipital inhibition technique, the suboccipital inhibition carried out with the INYBI instrument and the suboccipital inhibition with the INYBI plus the upper cervical manipulation, all in patients with chronic mechanic cervicalgia, and to determine which of these techniques is the most effective in the variables studied. In order to do so, 96 subjects participated in the study, being assigned to the 3 intervention groups. We expected the combined treatment (INYBI instrument + upper cervical manipulation) to be the one to produce the best results.

Conditions

  • Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain

Interventions

OTHER

suboccipital inhibition

The therapist will seat at the patient's head height and place his second, third, fourth and fifth fingertips'over the patient's suboccipital area during a 10-minute period.

OTHER

INYBI

The therapist will place the INYBI at the suboccipital area, specifically placing the fingers of the instrument at the lower border of the occipital. If needed, a rolled towel will be placed behind the INYBI, in order to maintain the physiological lordosis, checking out that the patient doesn't make a cervical extension. Then the therapist will press the vibration button and turn it off after 10 minutes. All patients will receive the treatment with the INYBI's hardest head with a 50 HZ frequency.

OTHER

INYBI + upper cervical manipulation

The participant will also be treated with the INYBI during a 10-minute period. After that, the therapist will carry out the upper cervical manipulation technique. Keeping the patient's head on an upper cervical flexion position, the therapist will turn his/her head to the maximum possible rotation, always maintaining its longitudinal axis. Once this is done, a high velocity and short articular amplitude manipulation in rotation will be carried out

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Juan José Arjona Retamal

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-03-20
Primary Completion
2021-06-07
Completion
2021-06-07

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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