Efficacy of Scapular Functional Training Combined With Isometric Exercises on Pain, Range of Motion, and Functions Among Individual With Mechanical Neck Pian
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Range of Motion (ROM)
研究概览
简要总结
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders have been rising fast around the globe leading to neck pain and scapular muscle dysfunction, contributing to a decrease in neck movements and functional limitations. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of scapular functional exercise (SFE) in combination with cervical isometric exercises (CIE) on neck pain, cervical range of motion, and functional limitations among participants with chronic mechanical neck pain.The study was based on a two-arm parallel group pretest-posttest randomized control trial design. Thirty participants (females 21 and males 9; average age 28.94±3.77 years) were randomly allocated to groups A and B (n=15/group). The group's A and B participants received a common intervention, such as CIE and hot packs. However, group A received the SFE in addition to common interventions. The outcomes, such as neck pain, cervical ROM, and functional limitations, were evaluated using a numeric pain rating scale (NPRS), standard universal goniometer, and neck disability index questionnaire at baseline and 4-week post-intervention. The paired and unpaired t-test was used to analyze the intervention effects on the outcomes within-group and between-group, keeping the significance level alpha set at p<0.05.
详细描述
The study hypothesised that adding the scapular functional training to the cervical isometric exercises will be equally effective than cervical isometric exercises alone on managing neck pain, cervical ROM, and functional limitations among participants with chronic mechanical neck pain. The present study is helpful for chronic mechanical neck pain patients and physiotherapist to better understand the effect of incorporation of the scapular functional training in the treatment of neck pain. Therefore, this protocol may be used as a treatment in chronic mechanical neck pain because it alleviates pain, neck disability, improving cervical range of motion in chronic mechanical neck pain.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Double-blinded study
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 22 Years 至 35 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Both male and female with aged range 22-35 years
- •Neck pain of more than 3 months in duration
- •Having neck pain without symptoms distal to shoulder
- •Participant had not received any clinical treatment for their neck pain within 1-months, and
- •Willingness to participate in the study.
排除标准
- •Having a diagnosis of cervical spinal stenosis
- •Patients with serious pathology (e.g., neoplasm, fractures and inflammatory diseases, unilateral and bilateral upper extremity radicular symptoms (cervical radiculopathy)
- •Prior surgery of cervical spine
- •Evidence of nerve root compression
- •Pregnant women, and
- •Showed poor cooperation in the study
结局指标
主要结局
Range of Motion (ROM)
时间窗: 4 weeks
Cervical range of motion was measured by a standard universal goniometer.
Neumeric pain rating scale (NPRS)
时间窗: 4 weeks
Neck pain was assessed by a nuemeric pain rating scale. It is an 11-points numeric scale marked with 0 to 10 between either end. Zero at one end and ten at the opposite end indicate no pain and unbearable/worst imaginable pain, respectively. The participants were asked to rate their current level of pain, as well as their worst and least amounts of pain in the past 24 hours.
Functional limitations
时间窗: 4 weeks
The functional limitation due to mechanical neck pain was evaluated by a neck disability index questionnaire (NDI).
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
AMIR IQBAL
Prinicipal Investigator
King Saud University