Use of Different Electrophysical Agents in Cervical Region Flexibility Training of Healthy Individuals

Pamukkale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Electrotherapy; Stretch; Physical Therapy; Cervical Flexibility

Treatments: Procedure: Hot pack; Procedure: Laser therapy; Procedure: Traction; Procedure: Stretching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04330313

2018KRM019

Details and patient eligibility

About

60 healthy participants with right / left upper trapezoidal shortness based on volunteering will be included in the study. Participants were randomly divided into 4 groups; Traction and stretching exercises to group 1 (n = 15), laser therapy and stretching exercise to group 2 (n = 15), hot pack and stretching exercises to group 3 (n = 15), and group 4 (control group) only stretching exercises will be applied.

Full description

Healthy individuals without any cervical region pathology will be included in the study. Exclusion criterias are pregnancy or cancer, hypertension that cannot be controlled, having neurological symptoms, previous spinal surgery.

Demographic information of the participants will be recorded; cervical joint range of motion (CROM device), muscle shortness (acromion-earlobe and occiput-wall distance measurement), deep cervical flexor muscle strength (Stabilizer Pressure Biofeedback), cervical performance level (Cervical Performance Tests), muscle spasm (Palpable Muscle Spasm Scoring) will be evaluated. Cervical joint range of motion and muscle shortening will be repeated before and after each session, but other parameters will only be repeated at the beginning and the end.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-Healthy individuals without any cervical region pathology

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy and cancer
• Uncontrolled hypertension
• Presence of neurological symptoms
• Spinal surgery history

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 4 patient groups

Traction and stretching

Experimental group

Description:

This grup received stretching exercises after traction therapy for 18 sessions, 3 times per week.

Treatment:

Procedure: Traction

Procedure: Stretching

Laser therapy and stretching

Experimental group

Description:

This grup received stretching exercises after laser therapy for 18 sessions, 3 times per week.

Treatment:

Procedure: Stretching

Procedure: Laser therapy

Hot pack and stretching

Experimental group

Description:

This grup received stretching exercises after hotpack therapy for 18 sessions, 3 times per week.

Treatment:

Procedure: Hot pack

Procedure: Stretching

Stretching only

Experimental group

Description:

This grup received only stretching exercises for 18 sessions, 3 times per week.

Treatment:

Procedure: Stretching