Effect of Muscle Energy Technique Versus Myofascial Release on Cervical and Lumbar Pain

Effect of Muscle Energy Technique Versus Myofascial Release on Cervical and Lumbar Pain in Premenopausal Women With Fibromyalgia

The aim of the study is to determine the effect of muscle energy technique versus myofascial release on cervical and lumbar pain in premenopausal women with fibromyalgia

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cervical Pain; Lumbar Pain Syndrome
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Myofascial release; Other: Muscle energy technique

Detailed Description

Fibromyalgia is an idiopathic, non articular pain syndrome with generalized tender points. It is multisystem disease characterized by sleep disturbance and fatigue. It affect 5% of the world population. The incidence is higher in women than in men. And the age is between 30 and 35 years old.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 74
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Cairo, Egypt
    • Cairo University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 30 years to 45 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Premenopausal women with fibromyalgia
• Ages ranges between 30 - 45 years old
• Body mass index < 35 kg/m2
• All are medically stable

Exclusion Criteria:

• specific cervical and lumbar pain
• Smokers
• Pregnant women
• Medically unstable
• Postmenopausal women

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Myofascial release; The patients will receive myofascial release technique on cervical and lumbar regions three times per week for four weeks	Other: Myofascial release; Is Facilitation of mechanical and neurological adaptive capacity as integrated through the Myofascial system
Experimental: Muscle energy technique; The patients will receive muscle energy technique for cervical and lumbar regions three times per week for four weeks	Other: Muscle energy technique; Is manual therapy procedure that involves alternating periods of resisted muscle contraction and assisted stretching

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Active range of motion of cervical and lumbar regions	Measurement of active flexion, extension, lateral flexion in cervical and lumbar regions before and after the treatment	Four weeks
Fibromyalgia impact questionnaire	Used to assess health related quality of life before and after the treatment, maximum score means worse outcome	Four weeks
Visual analogue scale	Used to assess the severity of cervical and lumbar pain of each premenopausal women in both groups before and after the treatment, maximum score means worse outcome	Four weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 14, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 14, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): March 27, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): March 6, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 5, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Cervical pain,lumbar pain,fibromyalgia
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Back Pain; Low Back Pain; Neck Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: 012/004046

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES

Drug and device information, study documents

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