NCT03089021

Maitland Mobilization Versus Mulligan Mobilization in Sub-Acute and Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study investigate the short term effect of Maitland in comparison to Mulligan mobilization with sub-acute and chronic non specific neck pain to improve neck pain, pain pressure threshold, rang of motion, joint position sense, disability, and to evaluate the interaction with psychological factors. Study design: experimental study

Detailed description

44 patients with sub-acute or chronic neck pain will be randomized into Maitland group: 22 patients receive central postro anterior or unilateral postero anterior. Mulligan group: 22 patients receive sustain natural apophyseal glides. The treatment will be 2 times /week for three weeks. Measurement will be taken pre intervention and after three weeks for neck pain, pain pressure threshold, range of motion, joint position sense, and disability using a numeric pain rating scale, pain pressure threshold test, cervical range of motion device, and neck disability index, depression, anxiety, fear avoidance believe and pain catestrophizing respectively.

Conditions

• Nonspecific Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	mulligan mobilization	mobilization with movement for spinous process or facet joint.
OTHER	maitland mobilization	posterioanterior of spinous process or facet joint.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-12-20
• Primary completion: 2017-11-01
• Completion: 2017-12-28
• First posted: 2017-03-24
• Last updated: 2017-09-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia