europhysiological and Biomechanical Effect of Spinal Mobilization with Arm Movement in Cervical Radiculopathy: Randomized Controlled Trial

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• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Diseases; cervical radiculopathy

• Registration Number: PACTR201611001851413
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo university

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-11-05
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

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)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The peak amplitude and latency of dermatomal somatosensory evoked potential;cervical proprioception

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
neck pain;cervical range of motion;functional performance