Effect of Scapular Stabilization Exercise on Breastfeeding Women with Non-specific Neck Pain

Saadyya Ahmed Abdalhamed Aladawi

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: scapular stabilization exercises; Other: Muscle Energy Technique; Other: Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06817135

scapular stabilization ex.

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether scapular stabilization exercises can help breastfeeding women with non-specific neck pain by reducing their neck pain, cervical range of motion, and neck disability index.

Full description

The best infant feeding practice is breastfeeding, which has both immediate and long-term advantages for mothers, babies, the environment, the economy, and society as a whole. Mothers who are nursing frequently experience neck pain. Because the scapula and neck are closely related, scapular stabilization is becoming more and more popular for patients with neck pain.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. exclusive breastfeeding mothers with immediate to 6-month-old infants.
2. The bilateral cradle position is employed by patients when nursing.
3. Patients had mechanical neck pain.
4. Patients with a body mass index below 30 kg/m²
5. Patients have moderate pain intensity, ranging from 3 to 7 on the visual analogue scale
6. The patients' scores on the Neck Disability Index ranged from 10 to 40 out of 50.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients had preterm babies or low-birth-weight babies.
2. pregnant patients
3. Patients had postpartum complications.
4. Patients had inflammation, infection, severe degeneration, congenital deformity, and trauma.
5. Patients had sensory abnormalities or a positive motor reflex.
6. Patients had cancer, metabolic, or systemic diseases.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Got a standard physical therapy program, muscle energy technique for (sternocleidomastoid, elevator scapulae, upper trapezius and pectoralis major) and advice

Treatment:

Other: Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic.

Other: Muscle Energy Technique

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

got the same conventional physical therapy program plus scapular stabilization exercises.

Treatment:

Other: Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic.

Other: Muscle Energy Technique

Other: scapular stabilization exercises