Quantitative Assessment of Shoulder Proprioception in Patients With Chronic Mechanical Cervical Pain

The study was aimed to compare shoulder proprioception in chronic mechanical cervical pain to a matched normal group. This study include 2 groups, 40 subjects with mechanical chronic cervical pain and 40 healthy subjects representing the control group. The primary outcome measure was the shoulder proprioception test of both upper limbs during active repositioning and quantified with angular displacement error.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cervical Pain

Detailed Description

The study was aimed to compare shoulder proprioception in chronic mechanical cervical pain to a matched normal group. This study include two groups, 40 subjects with mechanical chronic cervical pain and 40 healthy subjects representing the control group. The primary outcome measure was the shoulder proprioception test of both upper limbs during active repositioning and quantified with angular displacement error. Test was applied using an isokinetic dynamometer device at angle 30° for both shoulder internal and external rotation on both sides with an angular velocity 30°/sec.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 80

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Cairo
    • Giza, Cairo, Egypt, 12613
      • Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 35 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

For the control group they are normal subjects. For the group with cervical pain, participants had a chronic mechanical cervical pain started from three to 12 months with a score of 3 to 65 according to the short-form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ).

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• The age ranged from 20 to 35 years.
• Body Mass Index (BMI) between 18 and less than 30.
• Sufficient cognitive abilities that enables them to understand and follow instructions with a score more than 24 in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scale.
• For the group with cervical pain, participants had a chronic mechanical cervical pain started from three to 12 months.
• Participants with chronic pain with a score of 3 to 65 according to the short-form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Shoulder problems.
• Previous cervical or shoulder surgery.
• Shoulder or cervical trauma.
• Cervical radiculopathy.
• Sever visual and/or auditory problems.
• Cognitive impairment (a score less than 24 according to MMSE).

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
control group; control group is a normal matched group.
study group; study group is a group of chronic mechanical cervical pain

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Absolute angular error (AAE) of shoulder joint	The AAE is an angle that was measured using the isokinetic dynamometer to indicate the sense of position for shoulder joint. Two measurements were performed; AAE for external rotation range and AAE for internal rotation range for both right and left arms.	during the procedure

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hamada Ahmed
• Collaborators: Cairo University
• Investigators: Study Director: Wael Shendy, PhD, Associate professor Faculty of Physical Therapy-Cairo University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 15, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): December 30, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 24, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 7, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): February 10, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 22, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 19, 2022
• Last Verified: February 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: chronic mechanical cervical pain, shoulder proprioception,
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Neck Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: P.T.Rec/012/002078

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No