Effect of spinal mobilization with arm movement on dermatomal somatosensory, pain, proprioception, range of motion and function in cervical radiculopathy

Cairo university0 sites80 target enrollmentNovember 5, 2016

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who.int

Start Date

November 5, 2016

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

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•1\.All patients suffer from cervical radiculopathy of lower cervical spine(C5\-C6 and/ or C6\-C7\) as confirmed with MRI (Young etal., 2009\).
•2\.The patient has to get ;positive sign in at least 3 out of the following testing (1\- cervical distraction test, 2\- upper limb tension test (ULTT), 3\- Spurling test, and 4\- ipsilateral cervical rotation reduced by more than 60°) (Straus et al., 2005\)
•3\. Duration of symptoms more than 3 months to avoid acute stage of inflammation.
•4\.Pain is radiated in lateral aspect of arm and forearm

•1\.Posterior osteophytes
•2\.Spinal canal stenosis
•3\.Rheumatoid arthritis
•4\.Vestibular insufficiency
•5\.Vertebrobasilar insufficiency
•6\.Osteoprosis
•7\.Any signs or symptoms of mylopathy
•8\.Any abnormalities of deep sensation
•9\.Associated pathologies of upper cervical region or the upper limb that may cause overlapping with clinical findings as referred pain from costotransverse joint, rotator cuff tendonitis, cervical rib syndrome and entrapment neuropathy (Donald, 2000\)