Treatment of Cervical Syndrome With Myofascial Therapies

NCT ID: NCT03184220

Last Updated: 2019-04-16

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

54 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-11-01

Study Completion Date

2018-02-01

Brief Summary

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This study aimed to investigate the effects of myofascial release therapy (MRT) for improving pressure pain thresholds (PPTs), range of motion and pain in patients with mechanical neck pain (NP).

Detailed Description

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Fifty-four participants with NP were randomly allocated to either an MRT (five sessions) or a physical therapy (PT) groups (ten sessions) during two weeks. Multimodal PT program included: ultrasound therapy (US), transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) and massage. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), range of motion and (CROM) PPTs in sub-occipital and upper trapezius muscles were measured at baseline, at the end of treatment and at 1 month follow-up. T-tests and a repeated-measures multivariate analysis of variance (RM-MANOVA) were used for VAS, CROM and PPTs, respectively.

Conditions

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Cervical Syndrome

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL WITH BLIND EVALUATION BY THIRD PARTIES, LONGITUDINAL AND PROSPECTIVE.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators
Blind researcher

Study Groups

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EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

Patients who are pregnant, have pacemaker and those surgically operated cervical spine patients who have been treated with myofascial therapy a month earlier.

Multimodal physical therapy program includes:

Myofascial syndrome cervical therapy treatment.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Physiotherapy treatment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

The MRT group was treated five times with several maneuvers. Each maneuver was performed once per session by slow and progressive application of a light force. The whole procedure lasted no more than 45 minutes. The treatment included four basic maneuvers.

* Suboccipital induction
* Posterior elongation of the cervical fascia in Supine position
* Assisted cervical fascia
* Myofascial induction of sternocleidomastoid

CONTROL GROUP

Multimodal physical therapy program includes:

* ultrasound therapy (US),
* transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS)
* massage.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Physiotherapy treatment

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

The PT group will treated during two weeks (ten days/week) with ultrasound therapy (US), transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) and massage, in this order. Ultrasound will applied in pulse mode at an intensity of 1 megahertz for 10 minutes in the sub-occipital region and the vicinity of the trapezius muscles. TENS will applied with a pulse duration of 250 microseconds at a frequency of 80 Hertz for 20 minutes in the sub-occipital region and the trapezoids. Deep massage was applied at a slow speed for 20 minutes using sliding neutral creams. Massage therapy included gliding and kneading techniques applied over trapezius (upper, lower and middle fibers), splenius capitis and levator scapulae muscles with a therapeutic intention.

Interventions

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Physiotherapy treatment

The MRT group was treated five times with several maneuvers. Each maneuver was performed once per session by slow and progressive application of a light force. The whole procedure lasted no more than 45 minutes. The treatment included four basic maneuvers.

* Suboccipital induction
* Posterior elongation of the cervical fascia in Supine position
* Assisted cervical fascia
* Myofascial induction of sternocleidomastoid

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Physiotherapy treatment

The PT group will treated during two weeks (ten days/week) with ultrasound therapy (US), transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) and massage, in this order. Ultrasound will applied in pulse mode at an intensity of 1 megahertz for 10 minutes in the sub-occipital region and the vicinity of the trapezius muscles. TENS will applied with a pulse duration of 250 microseconds at a frequency of 80 Hertz for 20 minutes in the sub-occipital region and the trapezoids. Deep massage was applied at a slow speed for 20 minutes using sliding neutral creams. Massage therapy included gliding and kneading techniques applied over trapezius (upper, lower and middle fibers), splenius capitis and levator scapulae muscles with a therapeutic intention.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients of both sexes, aged between 20 and 60 years, in an active state of pain and diagnosed with muscle breakdown

Exclusion Criteria

\- Patients who are pregnant, have pacemakers and surgically operated in the area to be treated
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Cadiz

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Manuel Rodriguez Huguet

Clinical Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Manuel Rodriguez Huguet

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Cadiz

Locations

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Policlínica Santa maría

Cadiz, Cádiz, Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

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Other Identifiers

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32/16

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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