Effect of SNAGs and Scapular Mobilizations in Patients With Scapulocostal Syndrome

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Conditions studied: Scapulocostal Syndrome

In brief

To determine the impact of SNAGs and Scapular mobilizations on pain, cervical and shoulder Range of motion and functional outcomes in individuals with Scapulocostal Syndrome.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06656182

Run by

Riphah International University

People needed

36

Starts

2024-05-01

Expected to finish

2025-03-31

Last updated by the study team

2024-10-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age- 18 to 40 years.
• Male and female both
• Nonspecific neck pain with a duration of greater than 3 months
• No pain reproduction on isometric muscle testing in shoulder.
• Patients who could not achieve 60 degrees of upward rotation when elevating the arms above the head i.e. presence of scapular dyskinesia
• pain with a referral pattern while receiving manual pressure of at least 3 points on the medial scapular muscles (levator scapulae, rhomboid major, rhomboid minor, and serratus posterior superior) evaluated through Travels and Simon criteria.
• Discomfort, pain, or limitations in neck extension, neck rotation bilaterally, shoulder forward flexion, shoulder abduction attributed to SCS.
• Willing to provide informed consent to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Musculoskeletal pathologies affecting the cervical spine or lower extremities (e.g., herniated disc, cervical radiculopathy, cervical stenosis, shoulder labral tear).
• history of degenerative shoulder joint disease
• rotator cuff dysfunction
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Brachial neuralgia
• shoulder impingement syndrome
• adhesive capsulitis
• Pregnant individuals due to potential discomfort.
• Open wounds, infections, or skin conditions at pain site.

Where it is running

• DSK physio and Rehab Center — Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, Pakistan (enrolling)

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