Effect of Kinesthetic and Visual Motor Imagery Training on Cervical Position Sense and Balance in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Mechanical Neck Pain
- Sponsor
- October 6 University
- Enrollment
- 44
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- cervical joint position error test
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
To investigate the Effect of Kinesthetic and Visual Motor Imagery Training on Cervical Position Sense and Balance in Mechanical Neck Pain
Detailed Description
Thirty patients with Mechanical Neck Pain will participate in this study. The patients will randomly be divided into two equal groups; the control group which received the selected exercise program and the study group received the same exercise training program in addition to Kinesthetic and Visual Motor Imagery Training, three times per week for four weeks. The evaluation methods are cervical joint position error test, neck disability index, multidirectional reach test and visual analogue scale
Investigators
Lama Saad El-Din Mahmoud
Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery Faculty of Physical Therapy October 6 University
October 6 University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •thirty patients with mechanical neck pain,
- •Age will range as (35:50) years old
- •body mass index (18:29)
Exclusion Criteria
- •difficulty to communicate or to understand program instructions
- •any other neurological deficits or orthopaedic abnormalities,
- •secondary musculoskeletal complication
- •Cervical disc prolapses
- •Any other cervical problem
- •Spinal stenosis
- •Previous spinal surgery
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
cervical joint position error test
Time Frame: four weeks
The subject will be instructed to perform an active head rotation to one side, after which returns back to the neutral or starting head position. The test will be performed in a 3 trials in each direction
Neck disability index
Time Frame: four weeks
includes 10 items as follows: Pain Intensity, Personal Care, Lifting, Reading, Headaches, Concentration, Work, Driving, Sleeping, and Recreation, with a score (0:5) for every point. The maximum score is 50, with the interpretation scoring (no disability = 0: 4, mild disability 5:14, moderate disability 15:24, severe disability 25: 34 and complete disability above 34
Secondary Outcomes
- Visual analogue scale for pain (VAS-P)(four weeks)
- multidirectional reach test(four weeks)