Exercises for strengthening neck muscles for treatment of neck pain

Not yet recruiting

Conditions: Other specified disorders of muscle,

Registration Number: CTRI/2019/03/017892

Lead Sponsor: Manipal Academy Of Higher Education

Brief Summary: This is a clinical trial to find the effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation for the individuals suffering with neck pain for more than 3 months.To scale the effectiveness of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation on the neck muscles, we compare its effects with that of the craniocervical flexor training for such patients which has been well proved so far. Our intervention is done for three times a week for four weeks for both the groups.

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Not Yet Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 66

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with chronic mechanical neck pain with a duration of more than 3 months Neck disability index scoring of â‰¥5%.
Numeric pain rating scale â‰¥ 3.

Exclusion Criteria

Injury, tumor, infection, or other non mechanical cause of neck pain Clinically significant herniated disk with positive radicular arm pain, spinal fractures, and recent cervical surgery (cervical radiculopathy, myelopathy) A history of trauma for neck pain A headache associated with migrane Psychiatric illness.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Numerical pain rating scale	Baseline \| At the end of 4th week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cervical Range of Motion	Baseline
Neck Disability Index	Baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (1): Manipal Hospital Bangalore
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Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India
Manipal Hospital Bangalore
🇮🇳Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India
Dr V Prem
Principal investigator
8667373166
prem.v@manipal.edu