Effect of Exercise and Manuel Therapy Methods on Pain, Posture, Daily Living in People With Cervical Pathologies

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disorder of the Neck

Treatments: Procedure: Muscle Energy Technic; Procedure: Deep Friction Massage; Procedure: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03622944

GO15/564

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to determine the effect of exercise and two different manual therapy methods on pain, quality of life and posture in people with neck pain.

Full description

Deep friction massage will use on cervical regions in first group, muscle energy technic will use second group and cervical stabilization exercise will use as an third group. For all groups, pain intensity, Quality of life and posture will assess.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 25 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• clinical diagnosis of cervical disorder (for example; chronic neck pain, cervical disc herniation)
• must have pain at least three months.

Exclusion criteria

• History of structural scoliosis
• History of surgery
• History of metabolic, neurologic and metastatic diseases.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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45 participants in 3 patient groups

Muscle energy technic

Active Comparator group

Description:

post isometric relaxation technics were used as muscle energy technics.

Treatment:

Procedure: Muscle Energy Technic

Procedure: Exercise

Deep Friction Massage

Active Comparator group

Description:

Painful areas palpated and deep friction massage was applied.

Treatment:

Procedure: Deep Friction Massage

Procedure: Exercise

exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

Physiotherapist guided Spinal stabilization exercises were applied.

Treatment:

Procedure: Exercise