Effects of a Single Manual Therapy-Exercise Versus Exercise Session in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
NCT ID: NCT05085600
Last Updated: 2021-10-28
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
58 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-10-20
2021-12-01
Brief Summary
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The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a single exercise session with manual therapy techniques of the upper cervical spine against a single exercise session in patients with chronic neck pain and upper cervical spine dysfunction.
The treatment will be applied by 1 therapist with orthopedic manual therapist (MT)-specialist training and more than 10 years of MT experience.
The primary outcome measurements will be cervical mobility and cervical pressure pain threshold. Intensity of pain will be also used as secondary outcome measure. These measurements shall be taken before and immediately after the relevant intervention.
Exercise Group After the baseline assessments, patients will performed the cervical stabilization exercise, and will taught to perform the contraction of deep neck flexor muscle activity with the help of the Stabilizer Pressure Biofeedback Unit (Chattanooga, USA) in supine.
In addition, progress will continued in the exercise of the contraction of deep neck flexor muscles in other positions.
The progression of the exercises will be adapted to each patient, depending on their evolution. Firstly, exercises will undertaken in the supine and standing positions; once these positions will be mastered, the exercises progressed to asymmetric positions with cervical bending and/or rotation toward each patient's most symptomatic side. Also, no pain will be allowed in the positions. Exercises were always carried out without pain, because pain can be an inhibitor of muscle contraction.
The Exercise (E) group will carried out one 20-minute session, composed of 2 blocks of 10 repetitions, holding each exercise for 10 seconds, a 40-second rest between each repetition and 2 minutes between blocks.
Manual Therapy + Exercise Group The MT + E group will carried out 20-minute sessions led by an experienced physical therapist. In the first 5 minutes, muscle techniques will be performed to prepare the tissue of the upper cervical spine before applying joint techniques. In the next 15 minutes, manipulation (high velocity low amplitude) and / or mobilization techniques of the upper cervical spine, including the C2-3 segment, will be combined with cervical exercise. The MT techniques were applied depending on the clinical findings in each patient.
Detailed Description
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The objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a single exercise session with manual therapy techniques of the upper cervical spine against a single exercise session in patients with chronic neck pain and upper cervical spine dysfunction.
The treatment will be applied by 1 therapist with orthopedic manual therapist (MT)-specialist training and more than 10 years of MT experience.
The primary outcome measurements will be cervical mobility and cervical pressure pain threshold. Intensity of pain will be also used as secondary outcome measure. These measurements shall be taken before and immediately after the relevant intervention.
Exercise Group After the baseline assessments, patients will performed the cervical stabilization exercise, and will taught to perform the contraction of deep neck flexor muscle activity with the help of the Stabilizer Pressure Biofeedback Unit (Chattanooga, USA) in supine.
In addition, progress will continued in the exercise of the contraction of deep neck flexor muscles in other positions.
The progression of the exercises will be adapted to each patient, depending on their evolution. Firstly, exercises will undertaken in the supine and standing positions; once these positions will be mastered, the exercises progressed to asymmetric positions with cervical bending and/or rotation toward each patient's most symptomatic side. Also, no pain will be allowed in the positions. Exercises were always carried out without pain, because pain can be an inhibitor of muscle contraction.
The Exercise (E) group will carried out one 20-minute session, composed of 2 blocks of 10 repetitions, holding each exercise for 10 seconds, a 40-second rest between each repetition and 2 minutes between blocks.
Manual Therapy + Exercise Group The MT + E group will carried out 20-minute sessions led by an experienced physical therapist. In the first 5 minutes, muscle techniques will be performed to prepare the tissue of the upper cervical spine before applying joint techniques. In the next 15 minutes, manipulation (high velocity low amplitude) and / or mobilization techniques of the upper cervical spine, including the C2-3 segment, will be combined with cervical exercise. The MT techniques were applied depending on the clinical findings in each patient.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Exercise Group
20-minute session, composed of 2 blocks of 10 repetitions, holding each exercise for 10 seconds, a 40-second rest between each repetition and 2 minutes between blocks.
Exercise
Patients will begin performing the cervical stabilization exercise, and will taught to perform the contraction of deep neck flexor muscle activity with the help of the Stabilizer Pressure Biofeedback Unit (Chattanooga, USA) in supine.
In addition, progress will continued in the exercise of the contraction of deep neck flexor muscles in other positions.
The progression of the exercises will be adapted to each patient, depending on their evolution. Firstly, exercises will undertaken in the supine and standing positions; once these positions will mastered, the exercises progressed to asymmetric positions with cervical bending and/or rotation toward each patient's most symptomatic side.
Exercise + Manual Therapy Group
20-minute session. In the first 5 minutes, muscle techniques will be performed to prepare the tissue of the upper cervical spine before applying joint techniques. In the next 15 minutes, manipulation and / or mobilization techniques of the upper cervical spine, including the C2-3 segment, will be combined with cervical exercise
Manual Therapy + Exercise
20-minute session. In the first 5 minutes, muscle techniques will be performed to prepare the tissue of the upper cervical spine before applying joint techniques. In the next 15 minutes, manipulation and / or mobilization techniques of the upper cervical spine, including the C2-3 segment, will be combined with cervical exercise
Interventions
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Exercise
Patients will begin performing the cervical stabilization exercise, and will taught to perform the contraction of deep neck flexor muscle activity with the help of the Stabilizer Pressure Biofeedback Unit (Chattanooga, USA) in supine.
In addition, progress will continued in the exercise of the contraction of deep neck flexor muscles in other positions.
The progression of the exercises will be adapted to each patient, depending on their evolution. Firstly, exercises will undertaken in the supine and standing positions; once these positions will mastered, the exercises progressed to asymmetric positions with cervical bending and/or rotation toward each patient's most symptomatic side.
Manual Therapy + Exercise
20-minute session. In the first 5 minutes, muscle techniques will be performed to prepare the tissue of the upper cervical spine before applying joint techniques. In the next 15 minutes, manipulation and / or mobilization techniques of the upper cervical spine, including the C2-3 segment, will be combined with cervical exercise
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* More than 18 years old
* Loss of mobility in one or more upper cervical spine segments found through manual assessment according to Zito et al. (2006) and Kaltenborn (2012).
* A positive result in the Flexion rotation-test in the upper cervical spine (less than 32º or a difference of 10º or more between the two rotations.
* Not being able to exceed 24 mmHg in the cranio-cervical flexion test.
* Signing the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
* Marked degeneration of the cervical spine that may affect cervical spine ligament integrity.
* History of trauma to cervical vessels.
* Anticoagulant therapy or blood clotting disorders or to have participated in any program of exercises or manual therapy treatments designed to improve the performance of the cervical region in the previous 3 months.
* Post-traumatic neck pain or red flags according to Rushton et al.
* Inability to maintain the supine position, use of pacemakers, an inability to perform the flexion rotation-test
* Language difficulties that hinder understanding of informed consent or completion of the questionnaires necessary for this study.
* Subjects with litigation or lawsuits pending
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Jacobo Rodríguez Sanz
Principal Investigator
Locations
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Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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CER-2021-A2
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id