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NCT Number: NCT07261605

Clinical and Electromyographic Effect of Tui Na Massage Versus Positional Release on Postpartum Neck Dysfunction

To investigate the effects of Tui- Na massage versus Positional release technique on neck pain intensity, neck disability, and electromyographic characteristics of upper trapezius muscle.

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Key information

Conditions

Postpartum Neck Dysfunction

Age range

20 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Kerolous ishak shehata kelini

Cairo, Egypt

About this study

Positional release technique

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • age ranged from 20- 40 years
  • had post partum cervical pain
  • score above 15 in the neck disability index (NDI

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with structural, inflammatory, infectious, metabolic, congenital, traumatic spinal disorders and spinal or upper limb surgery.

Treatment and study plan

postural correction exercises

Procedure

A combination of yoga, stretching, and strengthening exercises may help you to fix or correct your posture over time.

Maintaining good posture is important for helping you develop strength, flexibility, and balance.

Tui-Na massage

Procedure

Tuina massage is similar to acupuncture in that it targets specific acupoints, but practitioners use fingers instead of needles to apply pressure to stimulate these points. Tuina massage is often used in combination with acupuncture.

positional release

Procedure

is a passive manual manipulation method used to alleviate musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction.

Primary outcomes

  1. visual analogue scale

    Time frame: 4 week

    10 cm horizontal line anchored by and it is a line score from zero to ten which 10 score means it is the worse of pain and zero score means the least pain ""no pain"" on the leftand ""worst imaginable pain"" on the right). Patients indicate their pain intensity by marking on the point at the line that reflect their pain

  2. Neck disability index

    Time frame: 4 weeks

    It includes 10 questions of which 7 examine functional activities, 2 ask about symptoms and a question considers concentration.

    Each Patient will circle one of the six options describing the severity of each item (0 5). total score for the questionnaire out of 50. Higher scores represent greater disability.

  3. Electromyography

    Time frame: 4 weeks

    used for measuring upper trapezius normalized Root mean square to indicate muscular activities and median frequence to indicate muscular fatigue. Active electrode will be located 2 cm lateral to the midpoint of a line drawn between C7 spinous process and the posterolateral acromion while the reference one will be located over the C7 spinous process.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

October 6 University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Clinical and Electromyographic Effect of Tui Na Massage Versus Positional Release on Postpartum Neck Dysfunction A Randomized Clinical Trial

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Dec 3, 2025
Registry last updated
May 1, 2026

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