Pulsed Vacuum and Friction massage effects in the treatment of neck pai
- Conditions
- eck pain.Cervicalgia
- Registration Number
- IRCT201506089440N9
- Lead Sponsor
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, vice chancellor of research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 40
20 to 50 year old men suffering mechanical neck pain more than 2 months and they have not had injections for the treatment of trigger points during the last 6 months; they did not treat myofascial pain during the last month; having passive and active trigger points in the upper trapezius muscle at one or both sides of the body; having a palpable tight band in the skeletal muscle; having a sensitive painful spot in the palpable tight band; reproduction of myofascial trigger points obvious shooting pain in response to pressure; the presence of spontaneous obvious shooting pain; no histories of trauma, myelopathy, nerve root entrapment, cancer, infection, neck fracture, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, cervical vertebrae osteoarthritis, sensory disorders and skin injuries in the trigger point site, cardiovascular disorders, deep veins thrombosis and nerve roots involvement based on foraminal compression and distraction tests
Exclusion criteria: Neck pain enhancement
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain pressure threshold. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 2 minutes after the intervention, 48 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Algometer.;Neck pain. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 2 minutes after the intervention, 48 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Pain Numeric Rating Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Power grip. Timepoint: Before the intervention, 2 minutes after the intervention, 48 hours after the intervention. Method of measurement: Dynamometer.