Effect of manual therapy of the vagus nerve on pain and thoracic expansion in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain

Centro Universitário União das Américas - UNIAMÉRICA0 个研究点开始时间: 2019年4月22日最近更新: 2023年5月29日

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•Aged between 18and 65 years; body mass index (BMI) <30 kg / m², with neck pain for a period equal or greater than 3 months; a Portuguese-Brazilian version of the Neck Disability Index (NDI) score of 5 or higher and a Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) score of 3 or higher at rest or during active neck movement. The participant must be willing to participate in the study and sign the Informed Consent Term.

•Participants are excluded if they had: bone diseases; bone fracture; history of tumor or cancer; cervical whiplash injury; history of neck trauma; previous spine surgery; have undergone physiotherapeutic or medical treatment for neck pain in the last 3 months prior to the study; using analgesic, anti-inflammatory and muscle relaxant medications during the week prior to the study; use of medications that could alter cardiac autonomic activity, such as (propranolol and atropine); systemic diseases; diagnosed fibromyalgia; diagnosed cardiovascular disease; orofacial pain; pregnancy; cervical radiculopathy; smoking; ethyl alcohol; diagnosed respiratory disease; diagnosed neuromuscular disease; and inability to perform the tests and answer the questionnaires.

发起方

Centro Universitário União das Américas - UNIAMÉRICA