NCT06668480

Effect of Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glide Combined With Strengthening Exercises of Lower Fibers of Trapezius in Patient With Unilateral Neck Pain

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Foundation University Islamabad · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Neck pain is considered one of the very common cause behind musculoskeletal pain and is 4th leading cause of disability . Cervical pain is among 5 most contributing factors in causing years lived with disability.Individuals with unilateral neck pain exhibit significantly less Lower Trapezius strength than Middle and Upper Trapezius fibers .Mulligan is one of the mobilization techniques that can be applied in case of neck pain.In prolong neck pain there is a hyperactivation and shortening of upper trapezius which makes the lower trapezius weak this leads to imbalance between cervical and scapular muscles and result in impaired biomechanics. So mostly treatment focused on upper trapezius and neglecting the lower trapezius and this create increase chances of recurrency of neck pain because the imbalance remains present. So, this study aims at evaluating the effects of SNAGS combined with strengthening exercises of lower fibers of trapezius .

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Conventional Physical Therapy	It will comprise of hot pack for 10 minutes, TENs at 80-100 Hz over trapezius for 10 minutes.Strengthening of deep neck flexors
PROCEDURE	Strengthening Exercise	Strengthening exercises of lower fibers of trapezius
PROCEDURE	SNAG'S	Sustained natural apophysial glides will consist of frequency: 4 sets of 3-5 repetition per session for 2 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-10
• Primary completion: 2024-12-10
• Completion: 2024-12-30
• First posted: 2024-10-31
• Last updated: 2024-11-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan