Bowen's Technique In Postural Neck Pain Among Dentist

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Neck Pain
• Interventions: Other: Convention Physical Therapy; Other: Bowen's Technique

• Registration Number: NCT04852913
• Lead Sponsor: Riphah International University

Brief Summary

No previous randomized control trial has investigated the effectiveness of Bowen's technique on health status in dentists suffering from postural neck Neck pain. Moreover, there is limited evidence and low agreement regarding the effect of Bowen's therapy on Neck pain. Thus, this study aims to answer the question: bowmen's technique is effective for improving Neck pain dentists' function by reducing pain, and disability, and improving posture, and health status, without need for ergonomic alternation?"

Detailed Description

Bowen technique may be used for relaxation of tightening muscles in poor posture. The findings suggest that Bowen Therapy has inconsistent immediate effects on postural control and pain threshold in healthy subjects. Further studies are needed using symptomatic participants. No previous randomized control trial, to our knowledge, has investigated the effectiveness of Bowen's technique on health status in dentists suffering from postural neck pain. Moreover, there is limited evidence and low agreement regarding the effect of Bowen's therapy on neck pain. Thus, this study aims to answer the question: Bowen's technique is effective for improving neck pain dentists' function by reducing pain, and disability, and improving posture, and health status, without need for ergonomic alternation?"

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-10-17
• Study First Submitted: 2021-04-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-04-20
• Study First Posted: 2021-04-21
• Primary Completion: 2021-06-15
• Study Completion: 2021-07-10
• Status Verified: 2021-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-08-05
• Last Update Posted: 2021-08-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 58

Inclusion Criteria

• Both male and females
• Age between 25-50 years. ( House officers and Assistant professor)
• Working hours >5 hours.
• History of cervical pain >2 months.
• Year of practice =<1 year
• Treated more than 5 patient a day

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Exclusion Criteria

• Cervical fracture
• Cervical radiculopathy
• Any surgery to neck and shoulder
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Sever pain according to Numeric pain rating scale (NPRS)
• Long term anticoagulant or corticosteroid therapy

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Conventional Physical Therapy	Convention Physical Therapy	Conventional Physical Therapy with myofascial release The session lasted for 20 minutes, 3 sessions/week 6th week
Bowen's Technique	Bowen's Technique	Bowen's Technique The session lasted for 20 minutes, 3 sessions/week 6th week

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Modified Goniometer	6th week	Modified goniometer can be used to measure craniovertebral angle which is helpful to assess the level of postural disability like forward head posture. It provides an estimation of head on neck angle and position of upper cervical spine.
Numerical Rating Scale	6th week	In a Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), patients circle the number between 0 and 10, 0 and 20 or 0 and 100 according to their pain intensity. It is numeric version of visual analog scale.
Neck Disability Index	6th week	This is a standard instrument for measuring disability due to neck pain and it's a self-reported questionnaire. Each of the 10 items is scored from 0 - 5. The maximum score is therefore 50. The obtained score can be multiplied by 2 to produce a percentage score.

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Nishtar Medical Hospital; 🇵🇰 Multān, Punjab, Pakistan

Salma Medical Center; 🇵🇰 Multān, Punjab, Pakistan

Bakhtawar Amin Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Center; 🇵🇰 Multān, Punjab, Pakistan

Ibn e Sina hospital; 🇵🇰 Multān, Punjab, Pakistan