Clinical trial NCT03603054: The Effect of Lower Limbs Neural Mobilization in Subjects With Cervical Pain.
Official title: Analysing the Immediate Effects of Sciatic Nerve Mobilization on the Range of Cervical Mobility and on the Myofascial Trigger Points of the Cervical Muscles. Pilot Study.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neck Pain
Keywords: Neck pain
Neural mobilization
Myofascial trigger point
Sciatic nerve
Lead sponsor: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-07-27
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 59
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The study sample will be randomly divide into 2 groups, a control group subject to a placebo technique and an intervention group subject to an active mobilization of the sciatic nerve.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: No studies have investigated the effects of a Sciatic nerve mobilization in subjects with neck pain. This study aims to determine the immediate effects of a lower limbs neural mobilization on cervical range of motion and on the perception of pain in the most common trigger points located in the cervical musculature.

Detailed description: A convenience sample will be used to obtain subjects The subjects will be recruited through posted advertisements on social networks. The inclusion and exclusion criteria will be applied to the volunteers. The sample wil comprise university students and administrative workers with neck pain. The subjects will be screened by a screening questionnaire and all of them, they will be required to sign an inform consent before participating to the study. After signing it, they will be randomly divide into control group subject to a placebo technique and the intervention group subject to an active mobilization of the sciatic nerve.

To assess changes in cervical articular range, will be used, a cervical goniometer (CROM) and for changes in pressure pain threshold of the trigger points will be used a mechanical algometer. Furthermore, to asses changes in pain perception will be used a visual numerical scale. The statistical analysis will be performed using the statistical program SPSS 25.0, comparing the results between both groups.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* To spend more than 3 hours at the computer.
* To have or have had neck pain during the last 3 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria:

* To have had traumatisms, traffic accidents and surgeries in the last 2 months.
* To have taken any analgesic tablets before the treatment.
* To be in a physiotherapy treatment.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pain level at rest
timeFrame: Change from baseline in Visual Analog Scale at 2 minutes after intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Cervical Range of Motion (CROM)
timeFrame: Before intervention and 2 minutes after
measure: Mechanical pressure Algometer
timeFrame: Before intervention and 2 minutes after
measure: Vernier caliper
timeFrame: Before intervention and 2 minutes after
measure: The Neck Disability Index, Spanish version
timeFrame: Before intervention
measure: Hours of daily use of display screens
timeFrame: Before intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: San Juan De Alicante
country: Spain
facility: Miguel Hernandez University
state: Alicante
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
name: Sergio Hernández-Sánchez, PhD-PT
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
name: Carlos Lozano-Quijada, PhD-PT
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
affiliation: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
name: Roser Bel-lan, PT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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