SNAGs in Mechanical Neck Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Neck Pain
• Interventions: Other: Ultrasound Therapy, SNAGs

• Registration Number: NCT04617288
• Lead Sponsor: Raj Nursing and Paramedical College

Brief Summary

Neck pain is second largest cause of disability worldwide. Chronic neck pain prevalence is 14% which is somewhat higher in females as compared to males. In India reported prevalence is 6%. Therapeutically, neck pain is managed by physiotherapists using rest, stretching and strengthening exercises, educating patient, and intense proprioception and positional exercises.

Detailed Description

To determine the evidences for the efficacy of SNAGs in the Management of Mechanical Neck Pain.

100 patients \[Age group 25-45 yrs\] who were diagnosed with neck pain, with onset ˃1-3 months (chronic) were randomly assigned to group A receiving conventional Physiotherapy plus SNAGs and group B receiving conventional Physiotherapy plus ultrasound.

Subjects in-group A that received conventional Physiotherapy plus SNAGs showed greater Improvement in pain and range of motion compared with the conventional Physiotherapy plus ultrasound group on 2nd week compared with pretreatment.

The result of study suggests that both SNAGs and Ultrasound groups improves the symptoms of neck pain. Ultrasound group improved the pain symptoms but was too small to reach satisfactory outcome for patients. Based on these results conventional Physiotherapy plus SNAGs should be the treatment of choice for neck pain rather than conventional Physiotherapy plus Ultrasound .

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-08-10
• Primary Completion: 2015-08-25
• Study Completion: 2015-08-25
• Study First Submitted: 2020-10-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-30
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Study First Posted: 2020-11-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-05
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Mean and standard deviations of age and height between group A and B	Ultrasound Therapy, SNAGs	100 subjects with a mean age of 30.82±6.75 (group A, 31.42±6.67; group B, 30.82±6.82) ranging from 20 to 45 years, with a mean height of 165.52±7.85 (group A, 164.92±7.79; group B, 166.12±7.87) centimeters
Between group comparison of VAS, NDI and ROM	Ultrasound Therapy, SNAGs	VAS, NDI and Neck ROM between two groups were compared at pretest (0 day) and posttest (end of two weeks)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual analog scale	2 weeks	Visual analog scale is a subjective outcome measurement where patients judge the intensity of their pain on a scale of 0-10, which is in the form of a 10cm straight line. On this 0-10 scale, zero denotes no pain and ten denotes severe pain intensity.
Neck Range of motion	2 weeks	Range of motion of the cervical spine measured by bubble inclinometer. It consists of a 360-degree scale with a fluid filled circular tube containing a small air bubble. It is a gravity dependent Goniometer, which uses the gravity's effect on fluid level to measure joint position and motion.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Neck disability Index	2 weeks	Neck disability Index contains 10 items, seven related to activities of daily living, two related to pain, and one item related to concentration. Each item is scored ranging from 0 (no pain or disability) to 5 (severe pain and disability); and the total score is expressed as a percentage, with higher scores corresponding to greater disability.