Clinical trial NCT04765670: Instrument-assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization and Kinesiotape Application in Individuals With Chronic Neck Pain.
Official title: Acute Effects of Instrument-assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization and Kinesiotape Application on Pain and Joint Position Sense in Individuals With Chronic Neck Pain.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cervical Pain
Keywords: Chronic cervical pain
Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization
Kinesiotape
Joint position sense
Lead sponsor: KTO Karatay University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-02-21
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Chronic neck pain causes errors in joint position sense. There are studies in the literature suggesting that instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization and Kinesiotape applications improve the joint position sense. There is no study examining these applications acutely on joint position sense and pain in the cervical region. As a result of our study, we will compare the effects of single-session instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization and Kinesiotape application on pain and joint position sense.

Detailed description: The study will be carried out on volunteers after the approval of the ethics committee. Before the research, individuals and / or their relatives will be informed about the purpose and content of the study. Volunteer individuals between the ages of 18-45 with chronic neck pain will be included in the study after obtaining their informed consent.

Participants will be randomly divided into two groups: Instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization and Kinesiotape Applications.

In the instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization group, the trapezius and sternocleidomastoideus muscles will be applied in a single session for 90 seconds. Kinesiotape application will be applied to the trapezius and sternocleidomastoideus muscles in one session.

Pain will be evaluated with Visual Analog Scale and joint position sense will be evaluated with Cervical Range of Motion device before and after application.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being diagnosed with chronic neck pain
* Being in the age range of 18-45

Exclusion Criteria:

* Those with acute injury or infection,
* Those with open wounds,
* Osteoporosis,
* Hematoma,
* Those with acute cardiac, liver and kidney problems,
* Those with connective tissue disease, Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, Cancer,
* Those with circulation problems,
* Those with peripheral vascular disease,
* Epilepsy
* Identified as a history of surgery in the cervical region

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline Cervical Pain at 2 minutes
timeFrame: Baseline and 2 minutes after intervention
measure: Change from Baseline Joint Position Sense at 2 minutes
timeFrame: Baseline and 2 minutes after intervention
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Konya
country: Turkey
facility: KTO Karatay University
Study officials:
affiliation: KTO Karatay University
name: Hasan Gerçek
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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