Clinical trial NCT05074576: The Effect of Mulligan Mobilization Technique
Official title: The Effect of Mulligan Mobilization Technique Application in Addition to Classical Therapies on Pain and Joint Range of Motion People With Neck Pain
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Orthopedic Disorder of Spine
Manual Therapy
Physical Therapy
Keywords: Mulligan Mobilization
Mechanical Neck Pain
Lead sponsor: Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-10-12
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 25
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the Mulligan mobilization technique on pain intensity and range of motion individuals with neck pain. The patients were randomized into two groups. Group 1 is the Mulligan Mobilization group and the second group is the control group.

Detailed description: The study is designed as a single-center, parallel-group, randomized controlled clinical trial in Istanbul Medipol university hospital.

The study will be conducted on 40 volunteers with mechanical neck pain. The patients were randomized into two groups. Groups were determined by randomization method with closed box. A random paper was drawn for the participants included in the study.

Inclusion criterias are being between age of 25-65 years, having neck pain for at least 2 weeks, participants that were diagnosed with MNP by a doctor, having no contraindicated condition for manual treatment. Exclusion criterias were surgical indications and/ or surgery history for cervical region, history of trauma to the cervical region and those with systemic disease, participation of physical therapy and rehabilitation program in the last one year, fibromyalgia, presence of cardiac pacemaker, intra-articular steroid injection in neck joint in the last three months.

In the intervention; Mulligan mobilization technique, electroterapy and active range of motion and stretching exercises carried out in Mulligan group while only electrotherapy agents and exercises are applied as a classical treatment to the control group. Goniometer for the range of motion of the neck (ROM), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Neck Pain And Disability Scale (NPDS), Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) will be used for evaluation.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being between age of 25-65 years,
* having neck pain for at least 2 weeks,
* participants that were diagnosed with MNP by a doctor,
* having no contraindicated condition for manual treatment.

Exclusion Criteria:

* surgical indications and/ or surgery history for cervical region,
* history of trauma to the cervical region and those with systemic disease,
* participation of physical therapy and rehabilitation program in the last one year,
* fibromyalgia,
* presence of cardiac pacemaker,
* intra-articular steroid injection in neck joint in the last three months.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Range of Motion
timeFrame: 10 minutes
measure: Pain status
timeFrame: 5 minutes
measure: Life quality
timeFrame: 15 minutes
measure: Disability status
timeFrame: 10 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Ozge Ozlu
state: Beykoz
Study officials:
affiliation: Medipol University
name: OZGE OZLU
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Ganesh GS, Mohanty P, Pattnaik M, Mishra C. Effectiveness of mobilization therapy and exercises in mechanical neck pain. Physiother Theory Pract. 2015 Feb;31(2):99-106. doi: 10.3109/09593985.2014.963904. Epub 2014 Sep 29.