The Effects of Scapular Muscles Training Using a Suspension System in Patients With Non Spacific Chronic Neck Pain and Scapular Dyskinesia

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Scapular Dyskinesis

Treatments: Device: Suspension system; Other: Scapular training exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05894304

P.T.REC/012/004031

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aimed to investigate the effect of scapular muscle training using a suspension system in patients with non spacific chronic neck pain with scapular diskinesia

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients age between 20-35 years.
• Patients with non spacific pain(pain > 3 month).
• pain must have been present for at least the previous 12 weeks.
• Patients with non spacific chronic neck pain with scapular dyskinesia.
• Patient BMI<30.

Exclusion criteria

• History of previous neck surgery.
• Recent or old fractures.
• Cognitive impairment and inability to understand the scale.
• Systematic inflammatory disease e.g., rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing Spondylitis.
• Neck pain with radiculopathy or neuropathy.
• Scapular dyskinesia due to other pathology such as shoulder impingement

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

Excercise therapy group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The group that recived scapular muscle training exercises

Treatment:

Other: Scapular training exercises

Suspension group

Experimental group

Description:

The group that recived scapular muscle training using suspension system

Treatment:

Device: Suspension system