Comparison of Different Manual Therapy Approaches in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Neck Pain
- Sponsor
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
- Enrollment
- 60
- Primary Endpoint
- Pain Intensity
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of the study was to compare the effects of different manual therapy approaches on pain, cervical range of motion, balance, functional status and life quality in patients with chronic neck pain.
Detailed Description
Various physiotherapy and rehabilitation methods are applied in the treatment of patients with chronic neck pain. Clinical practice guidelines for individuals with chronic neck pain recommend both manual therapy and exercise therapy among conservative treatments. Manual therapy are methods that can be safely applied to soft tissues and joints. Both manual therapy and exercise applications have been shown to have positive effects on neck pain and function. Some studies in the literature have also shown that manual therapy methods have positive effects on balance. However, no study examining the effects of different manual therapy (classical massage, connective tissue massage, manual joint techniques) approaches applied to individuals with chronic neck pain on pain, cervical range of motion, balance, functional status and quality of life was found in the literature.
Investigators
seyda toprak celenay
associate professor
Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •To be between the ages of 18-
- •To participate in the study voluntarily.
- •Having a complaint of neck pain for at least 3 months.
Exclusion Criteria
- •To have undergone cervical spine surgery
- •Having cervical fracture and/or joint subluxation/dislocation
- •Severe degenerative arthritis
- •Having a neurological disease (Parkinson's disease, poliomyelitis, etc.) or an -inflammatory rheumatic disease (ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.)
- •Presence of malignancy
- •Having cord compression and signs
- •Severe radiculopathy or myelopathy
- •Positive vertebrobasilar artery test,
- •Pregnancy
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Pain Intensity
Time Frame: change from baseline at 4 weeks
Pain intensity will be assessed with the Visual Analogue Scale (a 100 mm long horizontal line). Patient will be asked to score the pain he/she feels out of 10. The beginning of the figure is "0 "no pain", ending in "10 "there is unbearable pain".
Secondary Outcomes
- Pressure Pain Threshold(change from baseline at 4 weeks)
- Cervical Range of Motion(change from baseline at 4 weeks)
- Balance(change from baseline at 4 weeks)
- Functional Status(change from baseline at 4 weeks)
- Life quality(change from baseline at 4 weeks)