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NCT Number: NCT04350918

Muscle Energy Technique and Static Stretching on Pain Intensity and Functional Disability in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Neck Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

40 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Obafemi Awolowo University

Ile-Ife, Osun State, 220005, Nigeria

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

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

Treatment and study plan

Muscle Enery Techniques

Device

Group of patients that underwent muscle energy technique as a mean of treatment for the complaint

Other names: MET

Static Stretching

Device

Set of patients that had static stretching technique for the treatment for the complaint

Other names: SS

Primary outcomes

  1. Visual Analogue Scale

    Time frame: From March 2019 to November 2019, The treatment for each patient was for 6 weeks

    VAS is a one-dimensional measure of pain intensity, which has been widely used in diverse adult populations, including those with rheumatic diseases (Mc Cormack et al, 1988). pain intensity as none, mild, moderate, or severe, the following cut points on the pain VAS have been recommended: no pain (0-4 mm), mild pain(5-44 mm), moderate pain (45-74 mm), and severe pain (75-100 mm) (Aun et al, 1986)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Neck Disability Index (NDI)

    Time frame: From March 2019 to November 2019, The treatment for each patient was for 6 weeks

    The NDI can be scored as a raw score or doubled and expressed as a percent (Vernon, 1991). Each session is scored on a 0 to 5 rating scale, in which zero means 'No Pain' and 5 means 'Worst Imaginable Pain'. All the points can be summarized as a total score. The test can be interpreted as a raw score with a maximum score of 50 or as a percentage.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Obafemi Awolowo University

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Registry information

Official study title

Effects Muscle Energy Technique and Static Stretching on Pain Intensity and Functional Disability in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain: A Randomized Control Study

Acronym: MET&SSinNckp

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2020
First posted
Apr 17, 2020
Registry last updated
Apr 20, 2020

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