NCT06817135

Effect of Scapular Stabilization Exercise on Breastfeeding Women with Non-specific Neck Pain

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Saadyya Ahmed Abdalhamed Aladawi · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether scapular stabilization exercises can help breastfeeding women with non-specific neck pain by reducing their neck pain, cervical range of motion, and neck disability index.

Detailed description

The best infant feeding practice is breastfeeding, which has both immediate and long-term advantages for mothers, babies, the environment, the economy, and society as a whole. Mothers who are nursing frequently experience neck pain. Because the scapula and neck are closely related, scapular stabilization is becoming more and more popular for patients with neck pain.

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	scapular stabilization exercises	Cools exercise using the Thera-Band, including sidelying external rotation, side-lying forward flexion, prone horizontal abduction with external rotation, and prone extension exercises to promote lower trapezius and middle trapezius activity with minimal activation of the upper trapezius part.
OTHER	Muscle Energy Technique	Muscle Energy Technique for the 1.sternocleidomastoid 2. levator scapulae 3. upper trapezius 4. pectoralis major Through mild isometric contractions, it uses the intrinsic energy of a muscle to lengthen it and induce relaxation through autogenic inhibition.
OTHER	Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic.	The patients sit with their backs supported with pillows. Don't lean over the infant. Keep the arms supported and feet on the ground.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-06-01
• Primary completion: 2025-03-01
• Completion: 2025-06-01
• First posted: 2025-02-10
• Last updated: 2025-02-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt