Clinical Effects in Cervical Spinal Mobilization and Oscillation Mobilization in Neck Pain

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Status: Completed

Conditions: Manual Therapy; Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: Vertebral Resonant Oscillation; Other: Spine Mobilizations

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03149614

URJC201701

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare the clinical effects of spinal mobilization versus vertebral resonant oscillation (POLD) in patients with bilateral mechanical neck pain on pain sensitivity and neck pain intensity.

Full description

The clinical practice guidelines for manual therapy management the neck pain including the spine mobilization.

The vertebral resonant oscillation using the POLD method is similar to spine mobilizations, but there are some differens; the oscillatory movement has a sinusoidal waveform, the frequency used between 1.2 and 2 Hz and the amplitude is similar to "neutral zone" to described by Panjabi 1992.

The spinal mobilizations has a posterior-anterior vertebral movement for spinous process, described by Maitland 2000.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• neck pain symptoms of mechanical nature
• age from 18 to 60 years
• bilateral symptoms
• symptoms for at least 3 month of duration

Exclusion criteria

• whiplash injury
• previous spine surgery
• diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy
• having undergone any physical therapy intervention in the previous 6 month
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Spine Mobilizations

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients receive spinal mobilizations in grades II to III of central posterior-anterior from cervical and thoracic spine as described Maitland in 2000.

Treatment:

Other: Spine Mobilizations

Vertebral Resonant Oscillation (POLD method)

Experimental group

Description:

The vertebral resonant oscillation using the POLD method is similar to spine mobilizations, but there are some differens; the oscillatory movement has a sinusoidal waveform, the frequency used between 1.2 and 2 Hz and the amplitude is similar to "neutral zone" to described by Panjabi 1992.

Treatment:

Other: Vertebral Resonant Oscillation