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NCT Number: NCT04263389

Quantitative Assessment of Shoulder Proprioception in Patients With Chronic Mechanical Cervical Pain

The study was aimed to compare shoulder proprioception in chronic mechanical cervical pain to a matched normal group. This study include 2 groups, 40 subjects with mechanical chronic cervical pain and 40 healthy subjects representing the control group. The primary outcome measure was the shoulder proprioception test of both upper limbs during active repositioning and quantified with angular displacement error.

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Key information

Conditions

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

Age range

20 year–35 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University

Giza, Cairo Governorate, 12613, Egypt

About this study

The study was aimed to compare shoulder proprioception in chronic mechanical cervical pain to a matched normal group. This study include two groups, 40 subjects with mechanical chronic cervical pain and 40 healthy subjects representing the control group. The primary outcome measure was the shoulder proprioception test of both upper limbs during active repositioning and quantified with angular displacement error. Test was applied using an isokinetic dynamometer device at angle 30° for both shoulder internal and external rotation on both sides with an angular velocity 30°/sec.

Who can participate

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

Inclusion criteria

  • The age ranged from 20 to 35 years.
  • Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18 and less than 30.
  • Sufficient cognitive abilities that enables them to understand and follow instructions with a score more than 24 in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scale.
  • For the group with cervical pain, participants had a chronic mechanical cervical pain started from three to 12 months.
  • Participants with chronic pain with a score of 3 to 65 according to the short-form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ).

Exclusion criteria

  • Shoulder problems.
  • Previous cervical or shoulder surgery.
  • Shoulder or cervical trauma.
  • Cervical radiculopathy.
  • Sever visual and/or auditory problems.
  • Cognitive impairment (a score less than 24 according to MMSE).

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Absolute angular error (AAE) of shoulder joint

    Time frame: during the procedure

    The AAE is an angle that was measured using the isokinetic dynamometer to indicate the sense of position for shoulder joint. Two measurements were performed; AAE for external rotation range and AAE for internal rotation range for both right and left arms.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hamada Ahmed

Other

Collaborators

  • Cairo University

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Feb 10, 2020
Registry last updated
Jul 22, 2022

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