Health Condition 1: M256- Stiffness of joint, not elsewhereclassified
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Experimental group: 1st ,7th ,14th,28th days,8weeks
Control Intervention1: Experimental group B: 1st ,7th ,14th,28th days,8weeks
Control Intervention2: Control group: 1st ,7th ,14th,28t
Sponsors
Prof Dr Ashfaque Khan
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The patient only having mechanical neck pain for at least past 2monthsâ??. All the patients having age 18 to 40 years with either gender. Male female both are included in this study. Number of trigger point maximum 2. Unilateral trigger point. Patients with non-articular and nonsystematic neck pain. Active MTrPs which when palpated replicated their chief complaints in the upper trapezes muscle (unilateral/bilateral).Travell and simons 1999 describe the diagnostic criteria to determine the presence of Active MTrPs as follows: a. Presence of palpable taut band in a skeletal muscle. presence of hypersensitive tender spot in the taut band c.Local twitch response provoked by the snapping palpation of the taut band. d.Reproduction of the typical referred pain pattern of the MTrP in response to compression. e.Spontaneous presence of the typical refrained pain pattern and or patient recognition of the referred pain as familiar (Gerwin et al 1997). 8. Computer professionals working for more than 5-6 hrs per day on PC. Patients/subjects have not received any clinical (medical/physical) treatment for their trigger points in the past one month. Willingness to participate.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome according to American college of Rheumatology (Wolf et al 1990). 2.History of whiplash injury. 3.History of cervical spine surgery. 4.Diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy determined by the primary health care physician. 5.Having undergone myofascial pain therapy with in the past one month before the study. 6.Exhibiting inadequate co-operation.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| a.Pain on VAS b.Neck disability score. c.ROM Timepoint: Day 1 Pre-intervention and post intervention,Day 14, 4 weeks, 8 weeks,12 weeks and 16 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NoTimepoint: No | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactAhmad Merajul Hasan Inam
INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY ,IIMSR
Outcome results
None listed