Clinical trial NCT05262062: Integrated Neuromuscular Inhibition, Muscle Energy and Strain Counter Strain Techniques in Neck Pain
Official title: Effect of Integrated Neuromuscular Inhibition, Muscle Energy and Strain Counter Strain Techniques in the Management of Mechanical Neck Pain.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neck Pain
Keywords: Mechanical Neck Pain
Chronic Neck Pain
Muscle Energy Technique
Strain counter Strain
INIT
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-03-02
Enrollment: 51
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 30
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: 1. To determine effects of Neuromuscular Inhibition, Muscle energy and strain counter strain techniques on Pain, disability, pain pressure threshold, range of motion, and health-related quality of life in mechanical neck pain.
2. To compare the effects of Integrated Neuromuscular inhibition, Muscle energy and strain counter strain techniques in the Management of mechanical neck pain.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants falling in this category would be recruited into the study.

  * Patients with chronic mechanical neck pain (symptoms for more than 3 months).
  * Age group between 30 - 60 years.
  * Patients willing to participate and take treatment.
  * Patients must have at least 1 active trigger point at upper trapezius, levator scapulae, SCM.
  * Gender (Both)
  * VAS \>3

Exclusion Criteria:

* • Patients having severe neck pain.

  * Patients having any systemic joint pathology, inflammatory joint disease (e.g rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis, psoriatic arthritis).
  * Patients who had any neurological deficit, myelopathy any mental illness.
  * Patients on medication like antidepressants, corticosteroid, anti-inflammatory medications.

Primary outcomes:
measure: • Visual analog scale.
timeFrame: 4 weeks
measure: • Neck disability index.
timeFrame: 4 Weeks
measure: • 36-Item Short Form Health Survey score
timeFrame: 4 Week
measure: • Goniometer
timeFrame: 4 Week
measure: algometer
timeFrame: 4th Week
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Rawalpindi
country: Pakistan
facility: Atta Memorial Hospital
state: Punjab
Study officials:
affiliation: Riphah International University Islamabad
name: Lal Gul Khan, MSPT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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