NCT05234268

Cervical Traction, Passive Accessory Intervertebral Movements and Active Strength Training in Cervical Radiculopathy

Comparative Effectiveness of Manual Cervical Traction, Passive Accessory Intervertebral Movements and Active Strength Training in the Management of Cervical Radiculopathy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 51 (actual)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To determine the effectiveness of Manual Cervical Traction, Passive Accessory Intervertebral Movements (PAIVMs) and Active strength training in the management of cervical radiculopathy. To compare the effectiveness of Manual Cervical Traction, Passive Accessory Intervertebral Movements (PAIVMs) and Active strength training in the management of cervical radiculopathy.

Detailed description

Cervical radiculopathy is a clinical condition resulting from compression of cervical nerve roots near the spinal cord. Some factors that may increase the risk for developing cervical radiculopathy include age. The risk for cervical radiculopathy tends to increase with age. This study is based on three interventions (Manual Cervical traction, Passive Accessory Intervertebral Movements (PAIVMs) and Active Strength Training) individually on three separate but equal groups of participants. It will determine the most effective intervention and which intervention is superior to the other for treating cervical radiculopathy and to assist future practitioners and researchers.

Conditions

• Cervical Radiculopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Manual Cervical Traction	Time: 20 minutes Duration: thrice a week for 4 weeks. Position: The patient is in supine lying. The head and neck of patient are held in the hands of the practitioner, and then a gentle traction of a pulling force is applied. Intermittent periods of traction can be applied, holding each position for about 10 seconds. Traction is usually applied at about 20-30 degrees of neck flexion.
OTHER	Passive Accessory Intervertebral Movements	Time: 20 minutes Duration: thrice a week for 4 weeks Position: Patient lying in prone. Therapist stands to side of patient placing their pisiform/ulnar surface of hand over the selected spinous process (SP) with their wrist in full extension. Other hand placed on top of hand to reinforce. Therapist's shoulders should be directly above the SP with elbows slightly bent. Therapist uses their body weight to apply a PA force to the selected SP by leaning their body over their arms and performing rocking movements to provide oscillatory movements of the vertebra.
OTHER	Active Strength Training	Time: 20 minutes Duration: thrice a week for 4 weeks. The progression of exercises will be done using different colors of Thera-band indicating varied resistance. (A) Resistive lateral flexion of uninvolved side. Position: The patient is in sitting position. By the help of thera-band patient will actively flex the neck against resistance on the uninvolved side.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-06-30
• Primary completion: 2022-08-01
• Completion: 2022-08-05
• First posted: 2022-02-10
• Last updated: 2022-09-16

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Pakistan