NCT06750211

Effect of MET With and Without MCTE in Mechanical Neck Pain

Effects of Muscle Energy Techniques With and Without Motor Control Therapeutic Exercises on Pain, Range of Motion and Disability in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain.

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Work had to be done previously on METs and MCTE techniques, but no study has compared both techniques together to make it more comprehensible. The rationale of this will be to find out the combined effect of motor control therapeutic exercises and muscle energy technique for the treatment of pain, range of motion and disability associated with mechanical neck pain. This study will be effective for the clinicians to treat patients of mechanical neck pain.

Detailed description

Therapeutic exercises and manual therapy were shown to be useful in managing pain and lowering disability in patients with non-specific chronic neck pain (NCNP). However, little studies investigated the benefits of muscle energy technique and motor control therapeutics exercise on mechanical neck pain (MNP). The current research fulfill this gap by comparing the short and long term benefits of muscle energy technique with and without motor control therapeutic exercises (MCTE) with the grail of determining best approach for lowering pain and disability in mechanical neck pain patients.

Conditions

• Mechanical Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	METs	* Hot pack for 10 minutes. * Neck isometrics with 10 second hold. * Each series of neck isometrics strengthening exercises had three movements including cervical flexion, cervical extension and cervical side flexion. * Muscle energy technique protocol: The individual was in a position of supine. The therapist was at the edge of bed, near the participants head. the therapist positioned the joint at the point of beginning range of motion resistance when performing a given movement. When the therapist felt restriction, positioned the cervical spine in that region and apply the resistive force. Patient was instructed to contract isometrically for five seconds without exceeding the therapist force. thereafter, therapist counterforce gradually reduced and patient was asked to relaxed. Therapist move the joint into new point of barrier and same protocol repeated three times. Patient came thrice per week for a total of 4 weeks.
OTHER	MCTE along with METs	▪ Hot pack for 10 minutes. * Neck isometrics with 10 second hold. * Each series of neck isometrics strengthening exercises had three movements including cervical flexion, cervical extension and cervical side flexion. * After it was treated with motor control therapeutic exercises together with muscle energy technique. Motor control therapeutic exercises included cranio-cervical flexor exercises, cranio-cervical extensor exercises, co contraction of flexor and extensor and synergy exercise for strengthening deep neck flexor. Exercises were performed in three sets with 10 repetitions with an approximate duration of 10 to 20 minutes. They were advised to perform at home once in a day, five times in a week for a duration of 4 weeks. All exercises were performed three times per week for total of 4 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-07-04
• Primary completion: 2025-01-07
• Completion: 2025-01-08
• First posted: 2024-12-27
• Last updated: 2024-12-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan