Muscle Energy Technique and Static Stretching on Pain Intensity and Functional Disability in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Neck Pain

• Registration Number: NCT04350918
• Lead Sponsor: Obafemi Awolowo University

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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-05-23
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-24
• Study Completion: 2020-01-16
• Status Verified: 2020-04
• Study First Submitted: 2020-04-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-04-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-16
• Study First Posted: 2020-04-17
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 24

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analogue Scale	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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Neck Disability Index (NDI)	From March 2019 to November 2019, The treatment for each patient was for 6 weeks	The NDI can be scored as a raw score or doubled and expressed as a percent (Vernon, 1991). Each session is scored on a 0 to 5 rating scale, in which zero means 'No Pain' and 5 means 'Worst Imaginable Pain'. All the points can be summarized as a total score. The test can be interpreted as a raw score with a maximum score of 50 or as a percentage.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Obafemi Awolowo University; 🇳🇬 Ile Ife, Osun, Nigeria