Clinical trial NCT04350918: Muscle Energy Technique and Static Stretching on Pain Intensity and Functional Disability in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain
Official title: Effects Muscle Energy Technique and Static Stretching on Pain Intensity and Functional Disability in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain: A Randomized Control Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neck Pain
Keywords: Static stretching, ,
neck pain,
muscle energy techniques
visual analogue scale,
neck disability index
Lead sponsor: Obafemi Awolowo University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-04-17
Enrollment: 24
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 40
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Subjects for this study were patients diagnosed of mechanical neck pain in Physiotherapy Outpatient Department of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife. Individuals who meet the inclusion criteria were randomly allocated to Muscle Energy Techniques Group and Static Stretching Group using the simple random assignment method without replacement (Fish Bowl).
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Neck pain is becoming increasingly common throughout the world with a considerable impact on individuals, communities, health-care systems and businesses (Hoy et al, 2011).Neck pain is a common problem within our society affecting individual's physical and social functioning considerably and interfering with the patient's daily activities. There is lack of evidence to allow conclusions to be drawn about the effectiveness of MET when compared with stretching exercises for relieving mechanical neck pain. Therefore, this study is designed to examine the effect of MET, static stretching and to compare their effects on pain intensity and functional disability in patient with mechanical neck pain.

Detailed description: This experimental study purposively recruited 24 subjects (male: n=10, female: n = 14) with mechanical neck pain from the Outpatient Physiotherapy Department of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife. Subjects were randomly allocated into the MET and SS groups. Subjects in MET group received 6 treatment sessions of Muscle Energy Technique in addition to conventional physiotherapy treatments. Patients in SS group received 6 treatment sessions of Static Stretching in addition to conventional physiotherapy treatments. All subjects were treated twice a week for six weeks. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Neck Disability Index (NDI) were used to assess the pain intensity and functional disability at baseline, 3rd week and 6th week of treatment sessions respectively. Descriptive and Inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. Alpha level was set at \< 0.05.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:i. Male and female patients with history of mechanical neck pain of more than 3 months

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with acute neck pain
* Subjects were excluded if they have neck pain associated with an underlying pathology such as fracture of the cervical spine, neck pain radiating into the arms or upper extremity or associated with headaches or facial pain, malignancy, infections, inflammatory disorders, osteoporosis or cases of disc prolapse.
* Patients with history of surgery of the cervical spine during the previous 12months

Primary outcomes:
measure: Visual Analogue Scale
timeFrame: From March 2019 to November 2019, The treatment for each patient was for 6 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Neck Disability Index (NDI)
timeFrame: From March 2019 to November 2019, The treatment for each patient was for 6 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ile Ife
country: Nigeria
facility: Obafemi Awolowo University
state: Osun
Study officials:
affiliation: Head, Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile Ife
name: Adesola O Ojoawo PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Provost, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University
name: Kayode Ijaduola
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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