The Effects of Scapular Muscles Training Using a Suspension System in Patients With Non Spacific Chronic Neck Pain and Scapular Dyskinesia

The study aimed to investigate the effect of scapular muscle training using a suspension system in patients with non spacific chronic neck pain with scapular diskinesia

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Scapular Dyskinesis
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Scapular training exercises; Device: Suspension system

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 52
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Giza, Egypt
    • Cairo University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients age between 20-35 years.
• Patients with non spacific pain(pain > 3 month).
• pain must have been present for at least the previous 12 weeks.
• Patients with non spacific chronic neck pain with scapular dyskinesia.
• Patient BMI<30.

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of previous neck surgery.
• Recent or old fractures.
• Cognitive impairment and inability to understand the scale.
• Systematic inflammatory disease e.g., rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing Spondylitis.
• Neck pain with radiculopathy or neuropathy.
• Scapular dyskinesia due to other pathology such as shoulder impingement

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Excercise therapy group; The group that recived scapular muscle training exercises	Other: Scapular training exercises; Scapular muscle strength by resistance
Experimental: Suspension group; The group that recived scapular muscle training using suspension system	Device: Suspension system; suspended from the handles of the straps by either their hands or feet while the non-suspended pair of extremities are in contact with the ground leading to muscle activation due to unstable base of support; Other Names: Sling therapy

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Scapular muscle strength	Scapular muscle strength is measured by hand held dynanometer	1week
Scapular position	Scapular position is measured by lateral scapular slide test	1week
Pain intensity	Pain intensity is measured by neumeric pain rating scale the lowest value is 0 means no pain and the highest value is 10 means the worst pain	1week
Function	Function is measured by neck disability index the total score is 50 as the score is higher the disability is higher	1 week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): May 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 30, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 30, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): June 8, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 12, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 8, 2023
• Last Verified: June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Scapular diskinesia; Non spacific chronic neck pain; Suspension system
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Movement Disorders; Neck Pain; Dyskinesias
• Other Study ID Numbers: P.T.REC/012/004031

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