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Effect of Ultrasound Therapy and Static Muscle Contraction with Stretching Exercises 0n Taut Band of Muscle Fibers Around Neck

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: M00-M99- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Registration Number
CTRI/2023/03/050505
Lead Sponsor
G D GOENKA UNIVERSITY
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Open to Recruitment
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. Experiencing neck pain for more than three months, and having at least one latent MTrP in the upper trapezius muscle.

2. Patients with neck pain that increases with movements against resistance and with negative history of fracture & dislocation.

3. Local twitch response provoked by the snapping palpation of the taut band.

4. Reproduction of the typically referred pain pattern of the MTrPs in response to compression.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Red flags are serious diseases (i.e. systemic, infectious, neoplastics, fractures, dislocation)

2. Specific shoulder pain indicates that symptoms could refer to a pathology that has a clear structural, patho-anatomic or patho-physiologic origin.

3. Younger than 18 years old, unable to understand English or Hindi and positive case history for traumatic shoulder pathology and for cognitive impairments.

4. Diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy determined by their primary care physician.

5. Having undergone myofascial pain therapy within the past month before the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1.Pain <br/ ><br>2.Pressure Pain threshold <br/ ><br>3.Range of motion of cervical spine <br/ ><br>Timepoint: BASELINE <br/ ><br>DAY 5 <br/ ><br>DAY 11 <br/ ><br>DAY 41
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
4.Neck Pain Disability Index <br/ ><br>5.Sleep Quality <br/ ><br>Timepoint: BASELINE <br/ ><br>DAY 5 <br/ ><br>DAY 11 <br/ ><br>DAY 41
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