ltrasonographic comparison of neck extensor muscle activity during upper limb resistance activity at diagonal pattern relative to unstable surface, in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain and healthy peoples
- Conditions
- Chronic non-specific neck pain.Cervicalgia
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014042217394N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, Semnan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Chronic non-specific neck pain, that at least 12 weeks They passed from the start of neck pain as well as neck pain was not found to cause certain pathological reason. Exclusion criteria: Patients having diseases such as fibromyalgia; myopathy; cervical radiculopathy; spinal surgery? marked postural abnormalities( such as scoliosis, kyphosis, forward head)? severe osteoarthritis? cervical rib and cervical whiplash injury were not involved in the study. Also, lack of intense physical activity during the 3 days before the execution of test for all subjects, as inclusion criteria were considered.
Patients with the following conditions were also excluded: 1) Diabetes, neuromuscular, cardiovascular and respiratory disorders; 2) Systemic disease and inflammatory, rheumatic disease; 3) Fresh fractures; 4) A history of neck surgery; 5) History of trauma and trauma to the neck; 6) Disc herniation; 7) symptoms of the pressure on the nerve root; 8) Polyneuropathy; 9) Lesions of peripheral nerves and malignancy and cancer In the neck region; 10) Spinal tumor; 11) Severe psychological illness.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Muscles thicknesses. Timepoint: During intervention. Method of measurement: Ultrasonography.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method