Clinical myelopathic signs and symptoms in patients with neck pai

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Patients with neck pain; For study I; Hoffmann’s test, the inverted supinator reflex, finger escape sign, Tronmer sign, Babinski sign, clonus and deep tendon reflexes; For study II; Grip and Release Test&#44

• Registration Number: TCTR20190121003
• Lead Sponsor: Khon Kaen University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-01-21
• Study Completion: 2019-05-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 237

Inclusion Criteria

1. Have subclinical neck pain (SCNP), which refers to lower-grade neck dysfunction in which individuals have recurrent flare-ups of neck pain but have not yet sought regular treatment (Lee et al., 2004; 2005;2008), more than 3 months in the past of year (Xie et al., 2016)
2. Have pain level at rest at least mild level (from 3 score or greater) measured by Visual Analog Scale (Jensen et al., 2003)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Have jaw jerk positive (Cruccu, Ongerboer, 1999)
2.Have positive Spurling test (Thoomes et al., 2017)
3.Have history of previous cervical spine surgery (Rhee et al., 2009)
4.Have concurrently suffered from other locomotor disorders, such as cerebral palsy (CP), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (Yukawa et al., 2008), bone/joint pain such as wrist and hand pain, back pain, hip pain, knee pain, ankle and foot pain (Bohannon et al., 2011),
5.Have a history of brain, comorbid neurological diseases, such as cerebral infarction or neuropathy (Machino et al., 2017)
6.Are pregnant (Richardson, Luksza, 1987)
7.Had taken any sedative drug or alcohol within the past 48 hours (Kim et al., 2012)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Clinical Myelopathic Signs One time Hoffman reflex, Tronmer Sign, Inverted Supinator Reflex, Finger Escape sign, Babinski sign, Clonus,Physical performance tests One time Grip and Release Test, Nine hole peg test, Ten seconds step test, Foot tapping test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Severity of neck pain One time Visual Analog Scale