Effects Muscle Energy Technique and Static Stretching on Pain Intensity and Functional Disability in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain: A Randomized Control Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Neck Pain
- Sponsor
- Obafemi Awolowo University
- Enrollment
- 24
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Visual Analogue Scale
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Neck pain is becoming increasingly common throughout the world with a considerable impact on individuals, communities, health-care systems and businesses (Hoy et al, 2011).Neck pain is a common problem within our society affecting individual's physical and social functioning considerably and interfering with the patient's daily activities. There is lack of evidence to allow conclusions to be drawn about the effectiveness of MET when compared with stretching exercises for relieving mechanical neck pain. Therefore, this study is designed to examine the effect of MET, static stretching and to compare their effects on pain intensity and functional disability in patient with mechanical neck pain.
Detailed Description
This experimental study purposively recruited 24 subjects (male: n=10, female: n = 14) with mechanical neck pain from the Outpatient Physiotherapy Department of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife. Subjects were randomly allocated into the MET and SS groups. Subjects in MET group received 6 treatment sessions of Muscle Energy Technique in addition to conventional physiotherapy treatments. Patients in SS group received 6 treatment sessions of Static Stretching in addition to conventional physiotherapy treatments. All subjects were treated twice a week for six weeks. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Neck Disability Index (NDI) were used to assess the pain intensity and functional disability at baseline, 3rd week and 6th week of treatment sessions respectively. Descriptive and Inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. Alpha level was set at \< 0.05.
Investigators
Adesola Ojo Ojoawo
Dr and Head of Department
Obafemi Awolowo University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •i. Male and female patients with history of mechanical neck pain of more than 3 months
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients with acute neck pain
- •Subjects were excluded if they have neck pain associated with an underlying pathology such as fracture of the cervical spine, neck pain radiating into the arms or upper extremity or associated with headaches or facial pain, malignancy, infections, inflammatory disorders, osteoporosis or cases of disc prolapse.
- •Patients with history of surgery of the cervical spine during the previous 12months
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Visual Analogue Scale
Time Frame: From March 2019 to November 2019, The treatment for each patient was for 6 weeks
VAS is a one-dimensional measure of pain intensity, which has been widely used in diverse adult populations, including those with rheumatic diseases (Mc Cormack et al, 1988). pain intensity as none, mild, moderate, or severe, the following cut points on the pain VAS have been recommended: no pain (0-4 mm), mild pain(5-44 mm), moderate pain (45-74 mm), and severe pain (75-100 mm) (Aun et al, 1986)
Secondary Outcomes
- Neck Disability Index (NDI)(From March 2019 to November 2019, The treatment for each patient was for 6 weeks)