Effect of specific exercises on patients with neck pain.

Completed

• Conditions: Biomechanical lesion, unspecified,

• Registration Number: CTRI/2018/02/012048
• Lead Sponsor: Jamia Millia Islamia

Brief Summary

**Introduction:**Neckpain is a world-wide health problem and is one of the causes of individualsuffering and a largeburden for the society.  It is countedamong the most common musculoskeletal problem in health care. Painresults in sleep disturbances affecting sleep maintenance, sleep latency and isresponsible for wakefulness.  Paintriggers certain mechanisms that worsen the sleep quality.Groupswill receive specific exercises with a set standardization of parameters andtype which are internationally accepted. The main musculatures involved inchronic neck pain are Upper trapezius, Middle Trapezius and Lower Trapezius,Serratus Anterior, Pectolaris Minor, Levator Scapulae and Rhomboids. Goaldirected movements and position matching acuity are found to be affected inchronic nonspecific neck pain patients. Upper limb acuity i.e. positionmatching was found to be reduced in people with chronic neck pain patients.Active joint repositioning training utilizes the procedure that is used fortesting purposes of joint position sense. Here, the starting angle and targetangles are selected which are the most vulnerable to injuries. Then the patientmoves from the beginning position to the target angle and holds at thatposition for approximately for five seconds. This is done first with eyes openfollowed by eyes closed .A combined effect of upper limb proprioceptive exercisesand stabilization exercises is the corner stone of this study. Stability andgoal directed movements training induced changes will be examined at the end ofthe programme.

**Objective:** Tofind the Effects of scapular stabilization with upper limb proprioceptiontraining on pain, functional disability, QOL and Sleep of patients with chronicnonspecific neck pain.

**Significanceof the study:**Thisstudy will help us to develop Scapular Stabilization with Upper limbProprioceptive Training as a better therapeutic measure for the Chronic NeckPain patients with disturbed Sleep, Quality Of Life and Functional *Disability* andPain.

**Method:** Total of 28 sample of(14=GroupA, 14=Group B) will be taken from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Dellhi.

**Researchdesign**: A randomized, therapy-controlled trial.

**Procedure:**Subjects will be divided randomlyinto two groups: Group 1: Conventional physiotherapy only; Group 2: Scapularstabilization with upper extremity proprioceptive Training includingconventional exercises. All identifying information on the consent form anddemographic/injury history questionnaire will be kept confidential by assigningnumber to each subject.Data will be collected on 1st day and at the4th week of intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2018-04-30
• Study Start: 2018-10-02
• Last Update Posted: 2019-04-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 28

Inclusion Criteria

• •Subjects with chronic (≥3months) nonspecific neck pain of mechanical origin with symptoms provoked by neck postures, movements, or palpation.
• •Males/females between 18 to 59 years of age.
• •Subjects willing to attend a 4 week treatment program •Numerical pain rating scale score ≤ 6 and ≥ 2.
• •Working knowledge of English to complete the questionnaires.
• •A score of more than 6 in Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

Exclusion Criteria

• Subjects with cervical spine surgery or any previous history of cervical spine fracture or spinal stenosis.
• 2.Subjects suffering from debility any other co morbid conditions.
• 3.Subjects with bilateral upper extremity symptoms, positive radicular signs consistent with nerve root compression.
• •Subjects having vertebrobasilar insufficiency symptoms.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Neck pain and Disability	4 weeks
Scapular muscles strength	4 weeks
Upper limb proprioception (Constant error)	4 weeks
Sleep	4 weeks
Quality of life	4 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Neck Disability	Sleep

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

centre for Physiotherapy and rehabilitaton sciences; 🇮🇳 South, DELHI, India

centre for Physiotherapy and rehabilitaton sciences

🇮🇳South, DELHI, India

Dr Zubia Veqar

Principal investigator

9958993486

veqar.zubia@gmail.com