The Effects of Manual Therapy Versus Stretching Exercise Versus Routine Physical Therapy on Work-related Pain, Among Patients With Non-specific Chronic Neck Pain Working as Chefs: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 90
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Visual analog scale
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The aim of this research is to analyze the effect of Mulligan technique versus stretching techniques and versus routine physical therapy on pain, range of motion and functional disability among restaurant chefs presenting with non-specific chronic pain.
Detailed Description
A Randomized Control Trail study will be conducted, at Riphah International University Faisalabad after the approval of synopsis. Purposive sampling will be used to enroll the patients. Patients will be selected according to the pre-defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. The patients who will meet the inclusion criteria are allocated into three groups. The patients of group A will receive Routine physical therapy only. Group B will receive manual therapy and routine physical therapy while Group C will receive stretching exercises and routine physical therapy. The outcomes will be measured by the Neck Disability Index, visual analogue scale and bubble inclinometer. The data of patients will be recorded pre-treatment and post-treatment. The comparison between pre-treatment and post-treatment data will be done after 3 months. Informed consent will be taken from each patient. Data entry and analysis will be done with Statistical Package of Social Sciences Version 20 software.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description
Our study will be double-blinded, outcome assessor-blinded and patient- blinded. The assessor will be blinded to avoid being biased during the outcome assessment. And, participants will be blinded to avoid the their incompliance during sessions.
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •For at least 3 months, you've been suffering from neck pain
- •Any Neurological problems
- •For the previous three months, the patient has taken some analgesic drug for neck pain.
- •Rheumatological issues
- •Non-specific neck pain
- •Age 18-60 years
Exclusion Criteria
- •Neck pain due to,
- •Ankylosing Spondylitis
- •Dislocation
- •Cord compression
- •Insufficiency of the vertebrobasilar artery
- •Osteoprosis
- •Anticoagulant or corticosteroid therapy for a long period of time
- •Pain due to any congenital deformity, inflammation or any infection
- •Carcinoma
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Visual analog scale
Time Frame: 12th Week
A Visual Analogue Scale is a measurement instrument that tries to measure a characteristic or attitude that is believed to range across a continuum of values and cannot easily be directly measured.
Neck disability index
Time Frame: 12th Week
The Neck Disability Index is a 10-item questionnaire that measures a patient's self-reported neck pain related disability. A higher Neck Disability Index score means the greater a patient's perceived disability due to neck pain
Bubble inclinometer
Time Frame: 12th Week
The Bubble Inclinometer precisely measures, tests and evaluates the ranges of motion of neck. While using, place the Inclinometer near the joint to be measured.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported