Clinical trial NCT07004491: Comparison Of Different Physiotherapy Methods In People With Non-Specific Neck Pain
Official title: Comparison Of Different Physiotherapy Methods In People With Non-Specific Neck Pain
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neck Pain
Keywords: Non specific neck pain
physiotherapy applicaitons
pain
Lead sponsor: Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-06-04
Enrollment: 45
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 25
Maximum age (years): 55
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The study will include 45 people between the ages of 25-55 with non-specific neck pain. The patients will be randomly divided into three groups. Group 1 will receive 5 minutes of ultrasound, 20 minutes of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), and hot pack application. Group 2 will receive 5 minutes of ultrasound, 20 minutes of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), and hot pack application in addition to the Mulligan mobilization technique. Group 3 will receive 5 minutes of ultrasound, 20 minutes of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), and hot pack application in addition to graston treatment for 5 minutes to the upper and lower trapezius, rhomboid major and minor muscles.

Detailed description: The study will include 45 people between the ages of 25-55 with non-specific neck pain. The patients will be randomly divided into three groups. Group 1 will receive 5 minutes of ultrasound, 20 minutes of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), and hot pack application. Group 2 will receive 5 minutes of ultrasound, 20 minutes of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), and hot pack application in addition to the Mulligan mobilization technique. Group 3 will receive 5 minutes of ultrasound, 20 minutes of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), and hot pack application in addition to graston treatment for 5 minutes to the upper and lower trapezius, rhomboid major and minor muscles. The patients will receive treatments 3-4 times a week for 4 weeks, for a total of 10 sessions. VAS, neck joint range of motion, functional status and disability level neck pain and disability scale and SF-36 will be used as evaluation measurements.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients diagnosed with non-specific neck pain by a doctor
* aged between 25-55
* who have had pain in their neck for at least 2 weeks will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Neurological disease
* Manual therapy contraindication such as osteoporosis, spinal infection
* Spondyloarthropathy, disc herniation
* People with contraindications to the Graston technique such as neoplastic disorders, anticoagulant drug use, uncontrolled hypertension or general infection will not be included in the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Visucal Analog scale
timeFrame: 10 minutes
measure: Joint range of motion
timeFrame: 20 minutes
measure: Quality of life (SF-36)
timeFrame: 15 minutes
measure: The neck disability scale
timeFrame: 15 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Istanbul Medipol University
Study officials:
affiliation: Medipol University
name: MERVE YILMAZ MENEK, Assoc. Prof.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Mahmood T, Afzal W, Ahmad U, Arif MA, Ahmad A. Comparative effectiveness of routine physical therapy with and without instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization in patients with neck pain due to upper crossed syndrome. J Pak Med Assoc. 2021 Oct;71(10):2304-2308. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.03-415.