NCT03603054

The Effect of Lower Limbs Neural Mobilization in Subjects With Cervical Pain.

Analysing the Immediate Effects of Sciatic Nerve Mobilization on the Range of Cervical Mobility and on the Myofascial Trigger Points of the Cervical Muscles. Pilot Study.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 59 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

No studies have investigated the effects of a Sciatic nerve mobilization in subjects with neck pain. This study aims to determine the immediate effects of a lower limbs neural mobilization on cervical range of motion and on the perception of pain in the most common trigger points located in the cervical musculature.

Detailed description

A convenience sample will be used to obtain subjects The subjects will be recruited through posted advertisements on social networks. The inclusion and exclusion criteria will be applied to the volunteers. The sample wil comprise university students and administrative workers with neck pain. The subjects will be screened by a screening questionnaire and all of them, they will be required to sign an inform consent before participating to the study. After signing it, they will be randomly divide into control group subject to a placebo technique and the intervention group subject to an active mobilization of the sciatic nerve. To assess changes in cervical articular range, will be used, a cervical goniometer (CROM) and for changes in pressure pain threshold of the trigger points will be used a mechanical algometer. Furthermore, to asses changes in pain perception will be used a visual numerical scale. The statistical analysis will be performed using the statistical program SPSS 25.0, comparing the results between both groups.

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Active neck mobilization	The subjects, receive an active neck mobilization intervention.
OTHER	Active Mobilization of the sciatic nerve	The subjects, receive an active sciatic nerve mobilization intervention.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-08-01
• Primary completion: 2018-10-01
• Completion: 2018-10-30
• First posted: 2018-07-27
• Last updated: 2018-12-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain