Clinical trial NCT03184220: Treatment of Cervical Syndrome With Myofascial Therapies
Official title: Treatment of Cervical Syndrome With Myofascial Therapies
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cervical Syndrome
Keywords: Neck Pain
Physical Therapy Modalities
Fascia
Manual Therapy
Massage
Lead sponsor: University of Cadiz
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-06-12
Enrollment: 54
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL WITH BLIND EVALUATION BY THIRD PARTIES, LONGITUDINAL AND PROSPECTIVE.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study aimed to investigate the effects of myofascial release therapy (MRT) for improving pressure pain thresholds (PPTs), range of motion and pain in patients with mechanical neck pain (NP).

Detailed description: Fifty-four participants with NP were randomly allocated to either an MRT (five sessions) or a physical therapy (PT) groups (ten sessions) during two weeks. Multimodal PT program included: ultrasound therapy (US), transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) and massage. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), range of motion and (CROM) PPTs in sub-occipital and upper trapezius muscles were measured at baseline, at the end of treatment and at 1 month follow-up. T-tests and a repeated-measures multivariate analysis of variance (RM-MANOVA) were used for VAS, CROM and PPTs, respectively.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients of both sexes, aged between 20 and 60 years, in an active state of pain and diagnosed with muscle breakdown

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who are pregnant, have pacemakers and surgically operated in the area to be treated

Primary outcomes:
measure: The intensity of cervical pain
timeFrame: Baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The intensity of cervical pain
timeFrame: Four weeks
measure: The intensity of cervical pain
timeFrame: Eight weeks
measure: Active cervical range of motion
timeFrame: Baseline, four weeks and eight weeks
measure: Pressure pain thresholds in cervical trigger points
timeFrame: Baseline, four weeks and eight weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cadiz
country: Spain
facility: Policlínica Santa maría
state: Cádiz
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Cadiz
name: Manuel Rodriguez Huguet
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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