The effect of cervical spine manipulation compared to muscle energy technique on neck muscle activity and range of motion in asymptomatic participants
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Registration Number
- PACTR201906557214661
- Lead Sponsor
- ot applicable
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
• Participants aged 18 to 35 years. This is to exclude individuals in their fifth to seventh decade
of life who are more likely to have osteoarthritis.
• Participants with the presence of one or more cervical spine restrictions.
• Participants will have to sign the letter of information and informed consent
• Participants who have neck pain.
• Any participant taking medication or receiving any other form of treatment for the duration
of the study.
• The presence of contra-indications to spinal manipulative therapy (Bergmann and Peterson
2011), such as:
- Atherosclerosis of major blood vessels
- Vertebrobasilar insufficiency
- Aneurysm
- Tumours
- Fracturs
- Late stage osteoarthritis
- Uncarthrosis
- Clotting disorders
- Osteopenia
- Space occupying lesions
- Diabetic neuropathy
• The presence of contra-indications to MET (Chaitow 2006; Fernández de las Peñas, Cleland
and Huijbregts 2011), including but not limited to:
- Tissue fragility
- Hypermobility
- Myositis
- Tumours
• Contra-indications to surface electromyography including, but not limited to:
- Skin irritation
- Open wounds, rashes, psoriasis or skin conditions of any kind in the region of the
electrode placement
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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