Efficacy of Two Physiotherapy Intervention Methods Applied in Subjects in the Social-healthcare Setting With Nonspecific Neck Pain.

Universidad de Extremadura

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: Ischaemic Compression Technique; Other: Electrotherapy-Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation (TENS); Other: Stretching exercises; Other: Massage therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05845346

38/2014

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two physiotherapy treatments, one based on the application of massage most current analgesic TENS compared to a second massage treatment based on more specific stretching techniques in subject in th social-health care setting with non-specific neck pain.

Full description

The subjects included in the sample will be evaluated according to the above-mentioned parameters by researchers trained and assigned for this purpose.

The data collection of the different variables will be carried out before and after the completion of the programs designed for the study. The programs designed for the experimental groups have a duration of 10 sessions, twice a week.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age range between 18-60 years.
• Cervical pain of non-specific origin or Cervicalgia type I and II according to the Quebec - Task Force on Spinal Disorders.
• Be willing to participate in the study and sign the informed consent form.
• Have at least one year of seniority in the company exercising the current professional activity within the team of socio-health personnel.

Exclusion criteria

• Cervicalgia with neurological involvement or caused by pathologies such as: inflammatory disease, neurological disease, rheumatic disease, severe osteoporosis, fracture, dislocation, vertebro-basilar insufficiency, neoplasia or infection.
• Spine surgery.
• Present metallic implants at the spinal column level.
• Have received physiotherapy or alternative treatment in the last 6 months before starting the study.
• To present any type of inconvenience to the application of electrotherapy (score ≥45 points in EAPP).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 3 patient groups

Group TENS

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental group 1 will undergo a physiotherapy treatment based on TENS-type analgesic currents and application of massage therapy for neck pain.

Treatment:

Other: Ischaemic Compression Technique

Other: Massage therapy

Other: Electrotherapy-Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation (TENS)

Group STRECHING

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental group 2 will undergo a physiotherapy treatment based on stretching and the application of massage therapy therapy for neck pain.

Treatment:

Other: Ischaemic Compression Technique

Other: Massage therapy

Other: Stretching exercises

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will not undergo any physiotherapy treatment therapy for neck pain.