Comparison of Kinesio Taping and Cervical Thrust Manipulation in Neck Pain

NCT ID: NCT05092789

Last Updated: 2022-03-23

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 39 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-10-26
• Study Completion Date: 2022-02-16

Brief Summary

To compare the effects of kinesio taping, cervical thrust manipulation and conventional therapy on neck pain, functional status and range of motion

Detailed Description

Neck pain is most prevalent condition affecting globally, which also create threats to the individuals. Mechanical neck pain affects mainly two third of population at some time in life possibly in middle age, some people may be acute mechanical neck pain while some leading to chronic stage. Mechanical neck disorders usually associated with pain, decreased cervical mobility, spasm. Often neck pain is mechanical in nature, according to literature mechanical neck pain is defined as, that pain originating from cervical spine which may be aggravated with cervical motion, prolonged posture, muscular stiffness. Due to widespread occurrence of mechanical neck pain mainly in modern society, proper interventional strategies of this problem is needed to facilitate that problem. Incidence of neck pain may range from 10.4-23.3%in one year, while according to previous literature prevalence of neck pain was 0.4 to 86.8%, with high proportion in office workers, computer users, and females especially 35 to 55 years. Pain, stiffness, tenderness and restricted mobility is most common symptoms associated with neck pain, manual therapy techniques, exercises, mobilization, manipulations, kinesio taping are treatment strategies used for this problem may improve neck pain.

The main purpose of my study is to improve neck pain, discomfort and functional status in patients with mechanical neck pain.

Conditions

Neck Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Kinesio taping group

Participants in this group will receive treatment through standardized therapeutic Kinesio taping along with conventional therapy.

Tape will be water proof, porous, adhesive,with width of 5cm and thickness of 0.5 mm.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Kinesio taping group

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants in this group will receive treatment through standardised therapeutic kinesio taping along with conventional therapy.

Tape will place over the posterior cervical extensor muscle, from insertion to the origin, with the patient's neck in cervical contralateral side-bending and rotation.

Duration of kinesio tape will be of 48 hours with 50-100% tension.

Participants of this group will also receive conventional therapy which will include:

Hot pack for 10 minutes Stretching exercises of the neck muscles. This protocol is for 6 weeks. The sessions will be given twice a week making it a total of 12 sessions.

Cervical thrust manipulation group

Participants in this group will receive treatment via cervical thrust manipulation along with conventional therapy.

Manipulation will be directed on mid cervical spine.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Cervical thrust manipulation group

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants of this group will receive treatment via cervical thrust manipulation along with conventional therapy.

For mid cervical spine thrust manipulation, the patient will be in supine lying position,with cervical spine in neutral position.

The therapist will cradle the patients head with the other hand. Gentle ipsilateral cervical side flexion and contralateral rotation will introduce until tension will perceive in target tissues at contact point. A high velocity, low amplitude thrust manipulation, will direct upward and medially in direction of subject's contralateral eye.

Participants of this group will also receive conventional therapy which will include:

Hot pack for 10 minutes Stretching exercises of the neck muscles. This intervention protocol is for 6 weeks. The sessions will be given twice a week making it a total of 12 sessions with 1 month follow up.

Conventional therapy group

.Participants of this group will receive only conventional therapy which will include: Hot pack for 10 minutes Stretching Exercises

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conventional therapy group

Intervention Type: OTHER

Participants of this group will receive only conventional therapy which will include:

Hot pack for 10 minutes Stretching Exercises of neck muscles. For sternocleidomastoid stretching, the subject will ask to sit or stand facing forward, exhale and slowly turn your head to right, by keeping shoulder relaxed and down,inhale and return to the center, then turn to look at your left shoulder, ask to hold this position for 30 seconds and do 3 repetitions.

For Trapezius stretching, patient is seated upright, therapist then passively move right ear to right shoulder.

This study includes interventional protocol of 6 weeks. The session will be given twice a week making it a total of 12 sessions with 1 month follow up.

Interventions

Kinesio taping group

Participants in this group will receive treatment through standardised therapeutic kinesio taping along with conventional therapy.

Tape will place over the posterior cervical extensor muscle, from insertion to the origin, with the patient's neck in cervical contralateral side-bending and rotation.

Duration of kinesio tape will be of 48 hours with 50-100% tension.

Participants of this group will also receive conventional therapy which will include:

Hot pack for 10 minutes Stretching exercises of the neck muscles. This protocol is for 6 weeks. The sessions will be given twice a week making it a total of 12 sessions.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Cervical thrust manipulation group

Participants of this group will receive treatment via cervical thrust manipulation along with conventional therapy.

For mid cervical spine thrust manipulation, the patient will be in supine lying position,with cervical spine in neutral position.

The therapist will cradle the patients head with the other hand. Gentle ipsilateral cervical side flexion and contralateral rotation will introduce until tension will perceive in target tissues at contact point. A high velocity, low amplitude thrust manipulation, will direct upward and medially in direction of subject's contralateral eye.

Participants of this group will also receive conventional therapy which will include:

Hot pack for 10 minutes Stretching exercises of the neck muscles. This intervention protocol is for 6 weeks. The sessions will be given twice a week making it a total of 12 sessions with 1 month follow up.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Conventional therapy group

Participants of this group will receive only conventional therapy which will include:

Hot pack for 10 minutes Stretching Exercises of neck muscles. For sternocleidomastoid stretching, the subject will ask to sit or stand facing forward, exhale and slowly turn your head to right, by keeping shoulder relaxed and down,inhale and return to the center, then turn to look at your left shoulder, ask to hold this position for 30 seconds and do 3 repetitions.

For Trapezius stretching, patient is seated upright, therapist then passively move right ear to right shoulder.

This study includes interventional protocol of 6 weeks. The session will be given twice a week making it a total of 12 sessions with 1 month follow up.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Subjects having mechanical neck pain.
• participants having neck pain more than 1 month.

Exclusion Criteria

• History of serious pathology (Malignancy, inflammatory disorders).
• Cervical spinal surgery.
• History of trauma or fracture.
• Vascular syndromes.
• Neurological and cardiac pathologies.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 55 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Riphah International University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Saad Rauf, Master

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Riphah International University

Locations

Natural Medicine and Rehabilitation Center

Islamabad, Federal, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

Other Identifiers

REC/00946 Taqdees e Maryam

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id