Cupping therapy on trapezius spasm in post-operative head and neck and breast cancer patients
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M628- Other specified disorders of muscle
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/12/029612
- Lead Sponsor
- ikita Pawar
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 32
Inclusion Criteria
1.Both male and female subjects above the age of 18 years, who have undergone either head and neck or breast cancer surgeries with complain of trapezius spasm.
2.Subjects referred for physiotherapy by the consultants.
3.Subjects who have not undergone treatment for the same complaints in the past one month.
4.Post-operative day 3-5.
5.Subjects willing to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Subjects with:
1.Metastasis.
2.Lymphedema: grade 2 and above.
3.Open wounds.
4.Active infection.
5.Torticollis.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method •Pressure pain threshold Pressure algometer. <br/ ><br>•Digital inclinometer for cervical range of motion. and Universal goniometer for shoulder range of motion. <br/ ><br>•Neck Disability Index. <br/ ><br>•Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Head and Neck (FACT-H&N). <br/ ><br>•Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Breast (FACT-B).Timepoint: At baseline and 2 weeks. that is pre and post treatment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ILTimepoint: NI