Muscle Energy Technique Versus Myofacial Release in Adolescents With Spinal Deformity

Spinal deformity may not only alter the physical appearance, but may also have a psychological impact on the child, particularly in the adolescent to whom self- image is so important.

This study will investigate the effect of muscle energy technique compared to myofacial release in the adolescent with spinal deformities( scoliosis and/ or kyphosis).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Idiopathic Spinal Deformities
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: muscle energy technique and myofacial release (physiotherapy techniques)

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Cairo, Egypt
    • AAA

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 years to 16 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children in this group will be healthy category according to CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) growth chart which ranged from BMI-for-age 5th to 85th percentiles . All children are normal &perform all activities of daily living
• They were able to understand and follow verbal commands and instructions included in the testing procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

• All of them could be part of recreational activities in their public schools but no competitive sports. Children who participated in any regular sport activities involving the lower extremities will be excluded.
• None of them had any surgical intervention .
• None of them had any history of other musculoskeletal deformities or neuromuscular disorders.
• hey had neither visual, auditory defect.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: muscle energy technique; Muscle energy technique is an associate degree of osteopathic manipulation methodology. The muscles of patients were used, on request, to type a singular controlled position, in a very specific direction, and against a distinctly executed therapist-applied counterforce. Muscle energy technique could be a post-isometric relaxation, because it reduces the tone of a muscle or cluster of muscle after a brief period following an isometric contraction. The result of post-isometric relaxation is mediated by receptive input from Golgi connective tissue organ (GTO) that has associate degree repressive result on the antagonist muscles mediated by the muscle spindle receptive. The technique will be applied for three month (3 session/week)	Other: muscle energy technique and myofacial release (physiotherapy techniques); Each technique will be applied for three month (3 session/week)
Experimental: myofacial release; The technique will be applied for three month (3 session/week). All participants underwent ipsilateral side bending in a side-lying position, with the goals being de-rotation and scoliosis reduction.	Other: muscle energy technique and myofacial release (physiotherapy techniques); Each technique will be applied for three month (3 session/week)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
cobb angle for spinal deformities (scoliosis and/or kyphosis)	It is defined as the greatest angle at a particular region of the vertebral column, when measured from the superior endplate of a superior vertebra to the inferior endplate of an inferior vertebra. However, the endplates are generally parallel for each vertebra, so not all sources include usage of a superior versus inferior endplate in the definition.	immediately before the beginning of the intervention procedures
cobb angle for spinal deformities (scoliosis and/or kyphosis)	It is defined as the greatest angle at a particular region of the vertebral column, when measured from the superior endplate of a superior vertebra to the inferior endplate of an inferior vertebra. However, the endplates are generally parallel for each vertebra, so not all sources include usage of a superior versus inferior endplate in the definition.	by the end of successful three month of intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Delta University for Science and Technology

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 17, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 31, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): January 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 17, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 4, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): November 15, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 17, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 15, 2023
• Last Verified: March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Congenital Abnormalities
• Other Study ID Numbers: muscle energy technique

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: after publishing by 12 month
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL; SAP; ICF; CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

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