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Effects of Muscle Energy Techniques With and Without Manual Axial Distraction in Post-Mastectomy Patients With Axillary Web Syndrome

NCT07266623 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 58

Last updated 2025-12-22

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Summary

This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effects of muscle energy techniques with and without manual axial distraction among post-mastectomy patients with axillary web syndrome. Fifty-eight participants will be randomly allocated into two groups and will receive the interventions for six weeks. It is hypothesized that the group that will receive both the muscle energy technique and manual axial distraction will produce greater improvements compared to the other group that will receive only MET.

Conditions

  • Axillary Web Syndrome
  • Post-mastectomy

Interventions

OTHER

Muscle energy technique + Manual axial distraction

In the MET+ MAD group, a combination of muscle energy techniques and manual axial distraction will be applied on the affected side. The use of MET will target the pectoralis major, supraspinatus, subscapularis, and latissimus dorsi muscles. The participant will contract the targeted muscle for 10 seconds and then relax it. After that, the therapist will stretch that muscle for 10 to 30 seconds, along with manual axial distraction applied to the affected shoulder. The technique of manual axial distraction will employ firm digital pressure combined with distraction at various points over the fibrous band. The intervention will be given 3 times a week for 6 weeks, intensity will be according to the participants' tolerance. Each session will continue for 30 to 40 minutes

OTHER

Muscle energy technique

Group B will receive only the muscle energy techniques targeting the pectoralis major, supraspinatus, subscapularis, and lattisimus dorsi muscles on the affected side. The participants will contract the target muscle for 10 seconds and then relax it. After that, the therapist will stretch that muscle for 10 to 30 seconds. The intervention will be given three times a week for six weeks, and each session will continue for 30 to 40 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lahore University of Biological and Applied Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Muhammad Tariq Shafi · Lahore University of Biological and Applied Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-12-13
Primary Completion
2026-05-25
Completion
2026-05-30

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