Identifying Patients With Cervical Radiculopathy Responding to Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Exercises Combined With Passive Cervical Mobilization: Clinical Prediction Rule
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 50
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Cervical pain
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this predictive interventional study is todetrmine clinical predictors for success with combined proprioceptive neuromusclualr faciitaion (PNF) and passive mobilization ain patients with cervical radiculopathy (CR).
详细描述
This study will answer the question, what are the factors affecting success with PNF and mobilization for patients with CR? No control group. The goal of this new study is to see the effect of age, duration of symptoms, forward posture angle and neck disability index response to passive mobilization combined with the PNF technique
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Diagnostic
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 40 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Participants with cervical radiculopathy.
- •Age ranges between 40 and 60 years old.
- •Minimum score (3 out of 10-point) on a visual analog scale (VAS)
- •Orthopedic clinical confirmation reveals a history of neck pain.
排除标准
- •Whiplash injury.
- •Previous Cervical surgery.
- •Pain less than three months.
- •Mechanical and non-specific neck pain.
- •Pregnancy.
- •Bilateral arm pain.
- •Inflammatory arthritides.
- •Osteoporosis.
- •Symptoms of vertebrobasilar insufficiency.
结局指标
主要结局
Cervical pain
时间窗: 6 weeks
Score on numeric pain rating scale (points)
Cervical disability
时间窗: 6 weeks
Disability will be measured with Northwick Park neck pain Questionnaire.
次要结局
- Cervical proprioception(6 weeks)
研究者
Ahmed ElMelhat
lecturer, orthopedic physiotherapy department
Cairo University