Effects of Instrumental and Manipulative Techniques for the Suboccipital Region in Subjects With Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain

NCT ID: NCT04777890

Last Updated: 2021-06-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-03-20

Study Completion Date

2021-06-07

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is to compare the effectiveness between the suboccipital inhibition technique, the suboccipital inhibition carried out with the INYBI instrument and the suboccipital inhibition with the INYBI plus the upper cervical manipulation, all in patients with chronic mechanic cervicalgia, and to determine which of these techniques is the most effective in the variables studied. In order to do so, 96 subjects participated in the study, being assigned to the 3 intervention groups. We expected the combined treatment (INYBI instrument + upper cervical manipulation) to be the one to produce the best results.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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suboccipital inhibition technique group

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

suboccipital inhibition

Intervention Type OTHER

The therapist will seat at the patient's head height and place his second, third, fourth and fifth fingertips'over the patient's suboccipital area during a 10-minute period.

INYBI group

Participants in this group will be treated with the INYBI, an instrument designed for treating the suboccipital area, in a more precise way than the manual technique.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

INYBI

Intervention Type OTHER

The therapist will place the INYBI at the suboccipital area, specifically placing the fingers of the instrument at the lower border of the occipital. If needed, a rolled towel will be placed behind the INYBI, in order to maintain the physiological lordosis, checking out that the patient doesn't make a cervical extension. Then the therapist will press the vibration button and turn it off after 10 minutes. All patients will receive the treatment with the INYBI's hardest head with a 50 HZ frequency.

combined treatment group

Participants in this group will be first treated with the INYBI and then receive an upper cervical manipulation

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

INYBI + upper cervical manipulation

Intervention Type OTHER

The participant will also be treated with the INYBI during a 10-minute period. After that, the therapist will carry out the upper cervical manipulation technique. Keeping the patient's head on an upper cervical flexion position, the therapist will turn his/her head to the maximum possible rotation, always maintaining its longitudinal axis. Once this is done, a high velocity and short articular amplitude manipulation in rotation will be carried out

Interventions

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suboccipital inhibition

The therapist will seat at the patient's head height and place his second, third, fourth and fifth fingertips'over the patient's suboccipital area during a 10-minute period.

Intervention Type OTHER

INYBI

The therapist will place the INYBI at the suboccipital area, specifically placing the fingers of the instrument at the lower border of the occipital. If needed, a rolled towel will be placed behind the INYBI, in order to maintain the physiological lordosis, checking out that the patient doesn't make a cervical extension. Then the therapist will press the vibration button and turn it off after 10 minutes. All patients will receive the treatment with the INYBI's hardest head with a 50 HZ frequency.

Intervention Type OTHER

INYBI + upper cervical manipulation

The participant will also be treated with the INYBI during a 10-minute period. After that, the therapist will carry out the upper cervical manipulation technique. Keeping the patient's head on an upper cervical flexion position, the therapist will turn his/her head to the maximum possible rotation, always maintaining its longitudinal axis. Once this is done, a high velocity and short articular amplitude manipulation in rotation will be carried out

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participants aged between 18 and 40 all diagnosed with chronic mechanic cervical pain with an evolution of at least 3 months and who show pain that increases with maintained postures, during movement and during spinal muscles palpation.

Exclusion Criteria

* participants that can't read and/or fill in the informed consent, either due to a language and/or cognition alteration or age-related factors.
* subjects with psychological pathologies, such as hysteria, depression or anxiety.
* subjects that have received a manual treatment two months before the beginning of the clinical trial.
* subjects who have been recommended by a physician or an anesthetist to receive any type of analgesic, anti-inflammatory or neuromodulator medication, such as antidepressants, antiepileptics and benzodiazepines. If the patient took in this type of medication in an occasional way 72 hours before the beginning of the study, he/she could participate.
* the treatment and assessment techniques will be avoided if: fear to vertebral manipulation in the upper cervical area or positive Klein test and other integrity test of the vertebral artery, positive cervical instability test and positive Spurling test (foraminal compression test).
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Juan José Arjona Retamal

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Juan José Arjona Retamal

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Ofistema

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

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Other Identifiers

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University Rey Juan Carlos

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Identifier Source: org_study_id

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