Manual Therapy in Patients With Neck Pain

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Conditions studied: Neck Pain

In brief

Neck pain is a common clinical condition of some diseases that affect the soft tissues, musculotendinous structures and joints of the cervical spine. It is characterized by pain in the posterior and lateral muscles of the neck, muscle contractures and partial functional impotence. An important finding is that approximately 60% of total cervical rotation takes place at C1-C2, regardless of age. The test used to diagnose dysfunction of the upper cervical spine is the Cervical Rotation Flexion Test (CRFT) and is measured in degrees through various instruments, the most current validated by scientific literature are mobile applications (Clinometer and Compass ). Having in clear the importance of the location (C1-C2) of the origin of many of the symptoms and signs that cervicalgia generates and mainly the restriction of the range of movement that they produce in the cervical spine. It is that the manual therapy technique: Joint mobilization post muscular inhibition (MAEPI) that is included in this study for its analysis, is directed to this segment of the cervical spine. This differs from other similar techniques, in terms of location and movement of the joint surfaces, which have been previously studied and have shown their effectiveness (techniques that will be used in the control group), in that the micro movements of the joint surfaces ( joint arthrokinematics) based on the principles of Kaltenborn-Evjenth will be combined with the principles of the hold relax technique belonging to the Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation method. The main therapeutic objective of the MAEPI technique is to improve mobility and reduce pain in the cervical spine. Hypothesis: The MAEPI technique will improve mobility and reduce neck pain as well as other symptoms associated with neck pain, such as headache, dizziness and nausea, and will be more effective than those of the control group (Maitland central posterior-anterior passive joint mobilization in C2 and natural apophyseal slippage sustained (SNAG) in rotation about Mulligan's C1). The MAEPI technique will be more effective when applied later to myofascial induction techniques.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05447338

Run by

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

People needed

114

Starts

2021-08-30

Expected to finish

2027-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-01-28

Who can join

Age: 25 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• You must have a medical indication for cervical physiotherapy.
• Must present decreased ROM of the upper cervical spine assessed with CRFT, either acute or subacute and of a mechanical type or PN and grade I and II of severity according to The Neck Pain Task Force.

You may not qualify if…

• Joint instability, dislocations, fractures or stenosis of the cervical spinal canal.
• Malformations and/or bony alterations of the cervical spine or the brain.
• Head injury or whiplash in the last 10 years. Infections, unhealed wounds, tumors, vascular pathology or cancer that compromises the cervical spine and/or the brain.
• Being under treatment with anti-inflammatories, muscle relaxants or some type of pain reliever.

Where it is running

• Conci Carpinella — Córdoba, Argentina (enrolling)

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