A comparative study to find out the effects of muscle energy technique and passive stretching in subjects with mechanical neck pain.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Mechanical neck pain
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/02/005572
- Lead Sponsor
- SANCHETI INSTITUTE OF ORTHOPEDIC AND REHABILITATIO
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
INCLUSION CRITERIA
•Age 18-52 years
•Both males and females
•Neck pain on VAS 4-8 [moderate cases].
•Sub-acute or chronic cases [4-12 weeks}.
Exclusion Criteria
•Signs of serious pathology (e.g. malignancy, inflammatory disorder, infection)
•History of cervical spine surgery in previous 12 months
•History of trauma or fractures in cervical spine
•Signs of Cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy
•Vascular syndromes such as basilar insufficiency
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method PAIN ON VISUAL ANALOGUE SCALE(VAS) <br/ ><br>Timepoint: o no pain <br/ ><br>10 maximum pain
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eck disabiliy index (NDI)Timepoint: o no disability <br/ ><br>5 maximum disability