Immediate effects of concurrent application of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and Ultrasound phonophoresis on active trigger point tenderness
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- acute mechanical neck painactive-myofascial trigger point (active-MTrP)Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disordersPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12616001677493
- Lead Sponsor
- School of Physical Therapy, Cairo University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1. Subject’s age will range from 25-45 years old
2. In the initial clinical examination, the subject will have acute mechanical neck pain and will be referred from an orthopedic physician.
3. Subjects will have at least two active MTrPs in the upper trapezius; that corresponds to the same location and physical characteristics of Travel and Simon (1999)
4. Onset of pain of less than 3 months (Tsakitzidis et al., 2013).
Exclusion Criteria
1.Signs of cervical disc prolapse, radiculopathy, spondylolythesis, systemic disease migraine (Mukkannavar, 2008).
2.Other neurological, orthopedic conditions. (Mukkannavar, 2008)
3.Pregnancy and pacemaker .
4.Onset of pain more than 3 months.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pressure pain threshold obtained via a digital electronic algometer, [Data will be collected prior to the application of techniques used as baseline measure and after the application of treatment procedure post-treatment measure]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method active cervical lateral flexion range of motion using an iPhone Clinometer (Peter Breitling, Version 3.3) application.[Data will be collected prior to the application of techniques used as baseline measure and after the application of treatment procedure post-treatment measure.]