Efficacy of Two Physiotherapy Intervention Methods Applied in Subjects in the Social-healthcare Setting With Nonspecific Neck Pain.

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Neck Pain
• Interventions: Other: Electrotherapy-Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation (TENS); Other: Stretching exercises; Other: Massage therapy; Other: Ischaemic Compression Technique

• Registration Number: NCT05845346
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad de Extremadura

Brief Summary

The overall objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two physiotherapy treatments, one based on the application of massage most current analgesic TENS compared to a second massage treatment based on more specific stretching techniques in subject in th social-health care setting with non-specific neck pain.

Detailed Description

The subjects included in the sample will be evaluated according to the above-mentioned parameters by researchers trained and assigned for this purpose.

The data collection of the different variables will be carried out before and after the completion of the programs designed for the study. The programs designed for the experimental groups have a duration of 10 sessions, twice a week.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2023-02
• Study Start: 2023-02-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-02-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-04-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-04-25
• Study First Posted: 2023-05-06
• Last Update Posted: 2023-05-06
• Primary Completion: 2023-05-31
• Study Completion: 2023-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Age range between 18-60 years.
• Cervical pain of non-specific origin or Cervicalgia type I and II according to the Quebec - Task Force on Spinal Disorders.
• Be willing to participate in the study and sign the informed consent form.
• Have at least one year of seniority in the company exercising the current professional activity within the team of socio-health personnel.

Exclusion Criteria

• Cervicalgia with neurological involvement or caused by pathologies such as: inflammatory disease, neurological disease, rheumatic disease, severe osteoporosis, fracture, dislocation, vertebro-basilar insufficiency, neoplasia or infection.
• Spine surgery.
• Present metallic implants at the spinal column level.
• Have received physiotherapy or alternative treatment in the last 6 months before starting the study.
• To present any type of inconvenience to the application of electrotherapy (score ≥45 points in EAPP).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group TENS	Ischaemic Compression Technique	Experimental group 1 will undergo a physiotherapy treatment based on TENS-type analgesic currents and application of massage therapy for neck pain.
Group STRECHING	Stretching exercises	Experimental group 2 will undergo a physiotherapy treatment based on stretching and the application of massage therapy therapy for neck pain.
Group TENS	Electrotherapy-Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation (TENS)	Experimental group 1 will undergo a physiotherapy treatment based on TENS-type analgesic currents and application of massage therapy for neck pain.
Group STRECHING	Ischaemic Compression Technique	Experimental group 2 will undergo a physiotherapy treatment based on stretching and the application of massage therapy therapy for neck pain.
Group TENS	Massage therapy	Experimental group 1 will undergo a physiotherapy treatment based on TENS-type analgesic currents and application of massage therapy for neck pain.
Group STRECHING	Massage therapy	Experimental group 2 will undergo a physiotherapy treatment based on stretching and the application of massage therapy therapy for neck pain.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in Range of Motion	5 weeks	Measurement of joint amplitude with goniometry. The ROM exploration was performed with the subjects in sitting in order to stabilize the pelvis and the thoracic-lumbar spine. From this position, the degrees of maximum position reached by the subjects in each of the 6 movements of space.; Unit of measurement in degrees of articulation
Changes in Disability	5 weeks	Neck Disability Index through which will give us the degree of disability neck pain.The NDI consists of 10 sections, 4 of them are related to subjective symptoms (pain intensity, headache, head, ability to concentrate and quality of sleep) and the other 6 are related to ABVD (personal care, ability to lift weights, reading, work, driving, leisure activities and free time). Each of the sections presents 6 possible answers, scoring these from 0 to 5 according to the progression of functional disability.
Changes in Pain	5 weeks	A visual analog scale (VAS). The scale is represented by a 10 centimeter line on whose extremes have two adjectives, absence of pain and pain unbearable.
General Health	5 weeks	The SF-12 contains 12 questions distributed in each of the 8 dimensions. The higher the score, the better the state of health.
Changes Pressure Pain	5 weeks	Pressure Pain with Algometry. To assess the mechanosensitivity of the trigger points , the pain threshold was measured at the pressure.; Unit of measure Kg/cm2.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

María de los Ángeles Cardero Durán; 🇪🇸 Badajoz, Spain