Effects of Fascia Therapy Versus Facial Manipulation on Neck Pain

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: DBM fasciatherapy+ conventional physical therapy; Other: fascial manipulation+ conventional physical therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05272111

REC/RCRS/22/0102 Aiman

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study a randomized clinical trial to determine the effects of fasiatherapy versus facial manipulation on pain, range of motion and function in patients with chronic neck pain. A sample of 52 patients will be taken and divided into two groups each with 26 patients. Group A will receive DBM fasciatherapy along with conventional physical therapy while group B will receive fascial manipulation along with the conventional physical therapy protocol. The conventional physical therapy protocol will include hot pack, neck isometrics and stretches. The session will be around 45 to 60 min on each patient with three session per week on alternate days. A total of three-week treatment regime will be given to the patients and assessment of patient's pain, range of motion and function with NPRS (numeric pain rating scale), goniometry and NDI (neck disability index) will be done at the baseline, after the completion of treatment at three weeks and after 6 weeks to observe the long-term effects. The data will be analyzed using SPSS.

Full description

Chronic neck pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorder among general population. Like muscular spasm of neck that can cause neck pain, fascial adhesions are also the common cause of neck pain. Fascia is a form of connective tissue that is made up of collagen, surrounds the body parts and also resist tissue tensile load. Fascial injury and adhesions are common and can lead to pain, restricted motion and swelling. The treatment of the fascial injury is necessary to relieve those symptoms. There are many treatments for the chronic neck pain and this study focuses on two new treatment techniques for the fascial pain. The first is the Dannis Bois method fasciatherpy which is a manual approach that focuses on the structural segmentation of fascia and involves the application of gentle pressure while stretching the body's connective tissues. The other treatment technique is the fascial manipulation method that involves the treatment which is directed to specific fascial adhesions. The current study is novel in a way that there is limited literature about DBM fasciatherapy versus fascial manipulation on chronic neck pain. Both methods were employed to see if they improve ranges along with accompanying pain and disability.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Both genders
• Age 18-40 years
• Chronicity of pain - 6 months minimum

Exclusion criteria

• Post-op patient
• Any bony, soft tissue or systemic disease
• Pregnant females
• Radiculopathy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

Fascia Therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Group A will receive Fascia therapy

Treatment:

Other: DBM fasciatherapy+ conventional physical therapy

Facial Manipulation

Experimental group

Description:

Group B will receive Facial manipulation

Treatment:

Other: fascial manipulation+ conventional physical therapy