Identifying Patients With Cervical Radiculopathy Responding to Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Exercises Combined With Passive Cervical Mobilization: Clinical Prediction Rule
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 50
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Cervical pain
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this predictive interventional study is todetrmine clinical predictors for success with combined proprioceptive neuromusclualr faciitaion (PNF) and passive mobilization ain patients with cervical radiculopathy (CR).
Detailed Description
This study will answer the question, what are the factors affecting success with PNF and mobilization for patients with CR? No control group. The goal of this new study is to see the effect of age, duration of symptoms, forward posture angle and neck disability index response to passive mobilization combined with the PNF technique
Investigators
Ahmed ElMelhat
lecturer, orthopedic physiotherapy department
Cairo University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Participants with cervical radiculopathy.
- •Age ranges between 40 and 60 years old.
- •Minimum score (3 out of 10-point) on a visual analog scale (VAS)
- •Orthopedic clinical confirmation reveals a history of neck pain.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Whiplash injury.
- •Previous Cervical surgery.
- •Pain less than three months.
- •Mechanical and non-specific neck pain.
- •Pregnancy.
- •Bilateral arm pain.
- •Inflammatory arthritides.
- •Osteoporosis.
- •Symptoms of vertebrobasilar insufficiency.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Cervical pain
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Score on numeric pain rating scale (points)
Cervical disability
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Disability will be measured with Northwick Park neck pain Questionnaire.
Secondary Outcomes
- Cervical proprioception(6 weeks)