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The Effects of Mulligan Mobilization Technique in Older Adults With Neck Pain

H

Hacettepe University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Neck Pain

Treatments

Other: Mulligan Mobilization for Study Group
Other: Conventional therapy for Control Group

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03507907
2018300

Details and patient eligibility

About

When the literature is examined, there is study investigating the effect of mulligan mobilization technique on older adults with neck pain. This study aims to investigate the effect of mulligan mobilization technique on pain, range of motion, functional level, kinesiophobia, fear of movement, depression and quality of life in older adults with neck pain.

Full description

Neck pain is common in older adults. There are a lot of approaches for treatment of neck pain such as soft tıssue mobilizations, electirical stimulations etc. Mulligan proposes mobilization with movement (MWM) technique for various musculoskeletal disorders. But there is no study related MWM for older adults with neck pain. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of mulligan mobilization technique on pain, range of motion (ROM), functional level, kinesiophobia, depression and quality of life (QoL) in older adults with neck pain. The hypothesis of our study is MWM can be effective on ROM, kinesiophobia, depression and QoL in older adults with neck pain.

Enrollment

40 patients

Sex

All

Ages

65+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Ongoing neck pain for at least 3 months,
  • Having no neurological, rheumatological or musculoskeletal problems
  • Having not taken any analgesic medication for neck pain for the last 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

  • Neck pain originating from various pathologies
  • Presence of cord compression,
  • Vertebrobasilar artery insufficiency,
  • Severe radiculopathy,
  • Osteoporosis or osteopenia (t score>-1),
  • Long-term use of anticoagulant or corticosteroid drugs,
  • Patients who had received any treatment for their neck pain.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Double Blind

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Study Group
Experimental group
Description:
Mulligan mobilization techniques were applied to the older adults.
Treatment:
Other: Mulligan Mobilization for Study Group
Control Group
Other group
Description:
Conventional physiotherapy programs were applied to the older adults who included in control group.
Treatment:
Other: Conventional therapy for Control Group

Trial contacts and locations

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