Effectiveness of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and stabilization exercises on cross sectional area of deep flexor muscles in chronic non-specific neck pai
- Conditions
- Chronic neck pain.Soft tissue disorder, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016060128203N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice-chancellor for research of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 44
Men and women; Aged 20 to 50 years; With chronic non-specific neck pain; With BMI between 25 to 30.
Exclusion criteria: Protrusion or Prolapse of disc with neurologic symptoms; Spinal surgery; Existence of certain structural damage in the neck; Neck pain caused by autoimmune diseases; Inflammation; Congenital deformity of spine; Compression fracture because of Osteoporosis; Stenosis and Spondylolysis or Spondylolisthesis; Myofacial Trigger Point; Shoulder injury; Rheumatoid arthritis; Pregnancy; Torticollis; Diabetes; Lung diseases; Myopathies; Cancer; History of physical therapy intervention on neck or shoulder in last three months; Physiotherapy; Chiropractic treatment; Osteopathy; Massage and so on to the neck or shoulders in the last three months.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cross-sectional area of deep neck flexor. Timepoint: Before intervention and 2 months after intervention. Method of measurement: By ultrasonography and per square centimeter.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method eck Disability Index. Timepoint: Before intervention and 2 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Neck Disability Index questionnaire.;Pain. Timepoint: Before intervention and 2 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale questionnaire.