NCT06407479

Comparison of Eccentric Muscle Training and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Techniques in Neck Pain

Comparison of Eccentric Muscle Training and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Techniques in Individuals With Non-specific Neck Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: Uskudar University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

It was aimed to compare the eccentric exercise training given to the neck muscles of people with non-specific neck pain and the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) technique on pain, endurance and functionality.

Detailed description

The study was planned as a quantitative study. Volunteer individuals with nonspecific neck pain between the ages of 18-65 will be included in the study, and the participants will be randomly distributed into 3 groups. Control group (n=15), proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation technique application group (n=15), eccentric muscle training technique application group (n=15). People included in the study will be explained in detail and will be asked to sign a voluntary consent form approved by the ethics committee. Demographic information of individuals in all three groups will be recorded first. Participants in all three groups will be evaluated at the beginning and end of the applications. In our study, participants were evaluated with the McGill Pain Questionnaire to evaluate the character and character of pain, their physical fitness with the Deep Neck Flexor Endurance Test (DBFET), their functionality related to daily living activities with the Neck Disability Index (NEI), and their quality of life with the World Health Organization Short Form of Quality of Life (WHOYKA-CF). ) Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale (TKÖ) and a goniometer for Cervical Region Joint Range of Motion Measurement will be used to evaluate kinesiophobia, which is the fear of pain and re-injury, as well as anxiety towards activity and physical movement. This study will be planned five times a week for six weeks. Stretching and stabilization exercises will be applied to the control group in 3 sets of 10 repetitions.

Conditions

• Neck Pain
• Chronic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation technique group	Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Technique group; In addition to the exercises applied to the participants and the control group, combined isotonic contractions and dynamic stabilization will be used as facilitation techniques, and hold-relax technique will be used as an inhibition technique.
OTHER	eccentric muscle training technique application group	Eccentric Muscle Training Technique: Participants will receive eccentric muscle training in addition to the exercises given to the control group. Before the application, 5-minute warm-up exercises will be given to the neck area. Eccentric muscle training will be applied to the muscles of the participants in the cervical region. Eccentric exercise will be strengthened in the cervical region muscles in the direction of movement in each plane, that is, flexion / extension and lateral flexion. The movements will first be explained and demonstrated to the patient.
OTHER	Control	No intervention will be made.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-09
• Primary completion: 2024-07-30
• Completion: 2024-07-30
• First posted: 2024-05-09
• Last updated: 2024-08-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)