Comparison of Muscle Specific and Movement Specific Muscle Energy Technique in the Management of Mechanical Neck Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Foundation University Islamabad

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Heating and TENS; Procedure: Movement Specific Post Isometric Relaxation MET; Procedure: Muscle Specific Post Isometric Relaxation MET; Procedure: unilateral postero-anterior glide

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05063890

FUI/CTR/2021/6

Details and patient eligibility

About

the purpose of this study is to compare the effects of muscle-specific muscle energy technique and movement-specific muscle energy technique in terms of pain, function and cervical range of motion in persons with mechanical neck pain.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 44 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Mechanical neck pain ranging from 40-80 mm on visual analogue scale (VAS) Age between 19-44 years Pain or limitation on cervical motion

Exclusion criteria

History of fracture, surgery or trauma in the neck Cervical radiculopathy Myelopathy Spondylosis Syringomyelia Thoracic outlet syndrome Infection Malignancy Inflammatory or rheumatic disorders Vascular syndromes

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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66 participants in 2 patient groups

Muscle Specific MET

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Muscle Specific Post Isometric Relaxation MET

Procedure: unilateral postero-anterior glide

Procedure: Heating and TENS

Movement specific MET

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: unilateral postero-anterior glide

Procedure: Movement Specific Post Isometric Relaxation MET

Procedure: Heating and TENS