Benefit of Adding Stretching to Standard Intervention For Patients With Nonspecific Mechanical Neck Pain
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The purpose of this study is to assess the benefit of adding stretching exercises to cervical mobilization and cervical range of motion exercises on cervical range of motion, pain, pain threshold, level of disability and patient satisfaction for patient with non-specific mechanical neck pain
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All recruited participants will sign a statement of informed consent. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups (combined intervention group and standard intervention group). The following questionnaires were completed in the following order: Neck Disability Index (NDI), Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), and Global Rating of Change Scale (GROC). Next, Cervical Range of Motion (ROM) and Pain threshold were measured for both groups. The combined intervention group received the cervical passive mobilization, stretching, and home program (Stretching and ROM exercise). The standard intervention group received cervical mobilization and home program (ROM exercises).
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- The participant will be eligible to participate in the study if he or she is between 18 and 60 years of age, had non-specific neck pain for at least 2 weeks
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- Participants will be excluded from the study if they had one or more of the following conditions: had previous surgery in cervical spine area, chronic disease such as diabetes, vertigo, dizziness, fracture of the cervical vertebra or scapula, multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis as approximately 60% of people who aged between 50-60 years will have osteoarthritis.
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43 participants in 2 patient groups
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