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Adding Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization to Core Stability Training in Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain

NCT05860049 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2024-08-22

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Summary

Purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of adding instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization to core stability training in treatment of chronic mechanical neck pain on pain level, cervical ROM, proprioception, muscle activity, H-reflex, and functions.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Conventional physiotherapy

All participants in both groups (A and B) received conventional physiotherapy program including infrared thermotherapy, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, stretching exercises for for Upper Trapezius, Levator Scapulae, Sternocleidomastoid and Scalenes muscles, and active neck ROM exercises, 3 sessions per week, for 4 weeks.

OTHER

Core stability

All participants in both groups (A and B) received core stability exercises in the form of bridging exercise, bridging exercise on a ball, plank, and side plank 3 sessions per week, for 4 weeks.

DEVICE

Instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization

Each participant in group (B) was seated in a comfortable position. The participant's forehead rested on his/her forearm on a table in front of him/her. A lubricant (Vaseline) was applied to the skin around the neck area prior to treatment, and the M2T blade (Figure 4) was cleaned with an alcohol pad. First, the M2T blade was used to find the exact areas of restriction in the RT upper trapezius. Then, the M2T blade was used at an angle of 45°, utilizing treatment planes 1, 2, and 3, to apply slow strokes along the muscle, without causing any discomfort or pain, from the muscle origin to its insertion for approximately 3 minutes. This procedure was repeated twice a week, for 4 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Haytham El-Hafez, PhD · Professor, Cairo university

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-08-29
Primary Completion
2024-01-29
Completion
2024-03-30

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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