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Effect of Mechanical Traction in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

NCT07663617 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2026-06-23

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Summary

This study will be conducted to investigate the effect of mechanical traction on pain, disability, cervical range of motion, sleep quality and insomnia in patients with chronic neck pain. Forty four female patients with chronic neck pain will participate in this study. The patients will be diagnosed as having chronic neck pain based on careful clinical examination by neurologist. Patients in this study will be randomly divided into two equal groups:

Group (A): Patients in this group will receive mechanical traction for 20 minutes in addition to conventional physical therapy.

Group (B): Patients in this group will receive conventional physical therapy only. The treatment will be conducted over six weeks, three days per week.

Conditions

  • Chronic Neck Pain

Interventions

DEVICE

mechanical traction

Participants will be positioned in supine on a flat bed. A manual traction test will be performed to ensure that traction did not provoke any pain or unwanted sensations.The mechanical traction will be applied at 45° from the horizontal plane formed by the bed Mechanical traction was set to 5% of the participant's body weight on day 1 (unless not tolerated) and increased to reach 10% on the 5th day, as pain allowed, and without exceeding 12kg. Within a session, the load will applied progressively over 5 minutes and pain will be monitored using a VAS. The target weight will be then maintained for 20 minutes and then reduced gradually over the last 5 minutes. The patient then will lie still for 10 minutes before getting up Patients recieved conventional physical therapy treatment in addition to mechanical traction conducted over six weeks, three days per week.

DEVICE

conventional physical therapy

Patients recieved conventional physical therapy which will include: 1-10 minute hot packs on the cervical and upper back. 2- Ultrasound: It will be applied to paraspinal muscles with a frequency of 1 MHz with a continuous mode and 0.5 W/Cm2 for 5 minutes using moving sound head technique. 3- Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation: The electrodes will be placed at the level of cervical paraspinal muscles and at the course of affected nerve. The impulse duration will be adjusted to 1ms with an interval of 5 ms. and frequency of 166 Hz for 20 minutes The treatment will be conducted over six weeks, three days per week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Amira saad mohamed

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-04-20
Primary Completion
2026-06-25
Completion
2026-07-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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