Scapular Stabilization Exercise on Neck Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Neck Pain
• Interventions: Other: scapular exercise on neck pain; Other: classical approach for neck pain

• Registration Number: NCT02695108
• Lead Sponsor: Hacettepe University

Brief Summary

Neck pain is a very common problem in the population. Most of the patients suffer from neck pain for long time and the problem becomes chronic. The investigators studied the effects of scapular stabilization exercise on mechanical neck pain.

Detailed Description

Neck is one of the most common musculoskeletal problem in the world. Yet the problem still haven't been understood and solved completely. Its incidence is also becoming higher and most people who have neck pain suffer from it for long time. Several problems have been related to neck pain. Hence, the investigators designed a study to see the effects of scapular stabilization exercise on neck pain.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-02-09
• Study Start: 2016-02-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-02-24
• Study First Posted: 2016-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-12-15
• Study Completion: 2017-03-15
• Status Verified: 2019-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-08-06
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 26

Inclusion Criteria

• having neck pain at least 6 months
• having score of at least 10 points from Neck Disability Index
• having type-1, type-2 or type-3 scapula from Kibler's four types rating system
• no previous shoulder or neck surgery
• no accompanying shoulder problem

Exclusion Criteria

• no complying to the rehabilitation
• if patient wants to finished and don't want to complete study, they were excluded

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
scapular exercise on neck pain	scapular exercise on neck pain	patients in this arm received cervical manual therapy and cervical exercises too. Apart from cervical manual therapy and cervical exercises,patients also performed scapular stabilization exercise targeting trapezius, serratus anterior and rhomboid muscles. Rehabilitation period was lasted for 6 weeks. The same assessment parameters was conducted on this arm too.
classical approach for neck pain	classical approach for neck pain	patients in this arm received classical approaches for neck pain. Cervical manual therapy was performed on patients in this arm and they were also instructed to to perform cervical endurance, strength and stretching exercises. Rehabilitation period was lasted for 6 weeks. Pain, quality of life and scapular kinematics were assessed before and after rehabilitation program.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Neck pain measured with Visual Analog Scale	6 weeks	Patient's neck was measured with Visual Analog Scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Scapular Kinematics measured with 3-D motion monitor device	6 weeks	Patient's scapular kinematics was measured with 3-D motion monitor device
Quality of Life measured with Neck Disability Index	6 weeks	Patient's quality of life was measured with Neck Disability Index

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hacettepe University; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey