Comparing the Effect of Deep Neck Flexors Versus MCkenice Exercises on Cervical Functions (McKENICE)

Comparing the Effect of Deep Neck Flexors and MCkenice Exercises on Cervical Mobility,Pain and Disability in Chronic Neck Pain Participants

Physical Therapy rehabilitation programs could involve Manual procedures, stretching, traction, massage, electrotherapy, thermal agents, ultrasound, education and general exercise..In the recovery of patients with neck pain, exercise is one of the most commonly used modalities to gain muscle strength, endurance, and flexibility in order to recover damaged muscles and to maintain regular life activities.. Neck pain management exercise programs vary in terms of length, training frequency, intensity, and mode of exercise. .

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Chronic Neck Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: traditional therapeutic exercises; Other: traditional therapeutic exercises and McKenize technique; Other: traditional therapeutic exercises and deep neck flexor exercises

Detailed Description

This study will be a randomized controlled trial that involved sixty patients of both gender with chronic neck pain with duration of at least six weeks that will be recruited into the study. They will be recruited from the out patient clinic of Faculty of Physical Therapy, Egypt ,their age ranged from (30-50) years old with mean age, their height ranged from (152-182) cm and their weight ranged from (55-90) kg , Patients will be included if they had a localized chronic neck pain without any current arm pain or discomfort were included.Groups:

A: twenty patients will receive traditional Physical Therapy agents, Group B: twenty patients will receive traditional Physical Therapy agents plus isometric, stretching, scapulothoracic exercises and deep neck flexors exercises; and Group C: twenty patients will receive traditional Physical Therapy agents plus isometric, stretching, scapulothoracic exercises and Mckenzie technique.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Reham H Diab, profeessor; Phone Number: 00201006195473; Email: reham.diab@yahoo.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Rania R mohammed, lecturer; Phone Number: 00201273325285; Email: raniareda22@Hotmail.com

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Giza, Egypt, 12662
    • Recruiting
    • Faculity of Physical Therapy
    • Contact: Reham H Diab, PH.D; Email: reham.diab@yahoo.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 30 years to 50 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. age ranges from (30-50) years old with mean age,
2. height ranges from (152-182) cm and their weight ranged from (55-90) kg
3. Patients will be included if they have a localized chronic neck pain without any current arm pain or discomfort were included.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. history of cervical spine injury or surgery, if neck pain is secondary to other conditions (including neoplasm, neurological diseases or vascular diseases),
2. they have a radiculopathy presenting neurological deficit
3. they had infection or inflammatory arthritis in the cervical spine,
4. they have pain with any cause in or around the scapula, shoulder, upper extremities and lumbar spine that prevents stabilization of these structures.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: group A; placebo Comparator Group A : twenty patients were received traditional Physical Therapy agents	Other: traditional therapeutic exercises; group A will receive traditional exercises
Experimental: group B; experimental Group B Group B: twenty patients were received traditional Physical Therapy agents plus isometric, stretching, scapulothoracic exercises and deep neck flexors exercises;	Other: traditional therapeutic exercises and McKenize technique; Group B will receive traditional therapeutic exercises and McKenize technique
Experimental: group C; Experimental Group C Group C: twenty patients were received traditional Physical Therapy agents plus isometric, stretching, scapulothoracic exercises and Mckenzie technique.	Other: traditional therapeutic exercises and deep neck flexor exercises; Group C receive traditional therapeutic exercises and deep neck flexor exercises

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
neck functional activity	The Copenhagen neck capacity inability scale	after 6 weeks
pain disability	VAS	after 6 weeks
cervical range of motion	use Myrin goniometer	after 6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University
• Investigators: Study Director: Amr A Abd el aziem, professor, Cairo University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 27, 2021
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): March 30, 2021
• Study Completion (Anticipated): March 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 19, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 8, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): March 11, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 11, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 8, 2021
• Last Verified: February 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: chronic neck pain; Mc Kenzie; deep neck flexor
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Neck Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: P.T.REC/012/003053

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