Comparison Between Soft Tissue Mobilization and Strengthening Exercises in Management of Local Neck Syndrome

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Pain; Neck Pain

• Registration Number: NCT05227963
• Lead Sponsor: Health Education Research Foundation (HERF)

Brief Summary

A single-blinded, parallel-group randomized controlled trial was conducted at the national institute of rehabilitation medicine, Pakistan, from April to July 2016, on 30 females who were recruited through non-probability convenient sampling technique and randomly allocated to the experimental and control group.

Detailed Description

The experimental group received STM and neck isometric strengthening exercises, whereas the control group received neck isometrics strengthening exercises only. Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) was used to assess the pain intensity, while Neck Disability Index (NDI) was used to assess the neck-related disability. The data was collected pre-, during, and post-intervention. Repeated measure analysis of variance (RM ANOVA) was used to analyze within the group changes, while independent t-test was used to analyze the differences between the groups. Data were analyzed by using SPSS version 21.

This study describes the comparative effectiveness of STM when used as adjunct to strengthening exercises and when strengthening exercises are used alone for the management of TNS. According to the results of this study, STM in combination with neck isometric strengthening exercises as well as exercises alone were effective for managing neck pain and functional disability when a comparison was made within the groups.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-04-04
• Primary Completion: 2016-05-10
• Study Completion: 2021-08-20
• Study First Submitted: 2021-10-26
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-27
• Study First Posted: 2022-02-08
• Last Update Posted: 2022-02-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

• Age below 30 and more than 75 years
• Patients having radiating pain excluded
• Male excluded.
• With acute neck syndrome (< 3 month)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Numerical pain rating scale (NPRS)	upto 2 weeks	NPRS was used to assess the pain intensity. The 11-point numeric scale ranging from 0-10; 0 means no pain while 10 means worst possible pain.
Neck disability index (NDI)	upto 2 weeks.	NDI was used to assess the neck-related disability. Of the 50 score, 0-4 means no disability while 35-50 means severe disability.
Neck range of motion	upto 2 weeks .	Goniometer was used to measure the range of motion of neck.