Neck Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Neck pain, Disabilty, Muscle endurance, Pressure biofeedback, Teachers
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of pressure biofeedback on deep cervical muscle in university teachers suffering from neck pain, Functional Disability and muscle endurance.
Detailed description
The purpose of this study will be to determine whether training of deep cervical flexor muscles with pressure biofeedback has any significant advantage over conventional training for pain and disability experienced by university teachers with neck pain. This study will be a randomized control trial with double blinded protocol. Patient will be randomly allocated in two groups. the experimental group received deep cervical flexor muscles training with pressure biofeedback and conventional exercises. The control group received deep cervical flexor muscles training with only conventional exercises.
Interventions
DEVICEPressure biofeedback
Deep cervical flexor training by using preesure biofeedback will be given 5 days a week for 6 week Conventional exercise for deep cervical muscle training will be given 5 days a week for 6 weeks
OTHERConventional exercises for deep cervical muscle training
Conventional exercise for deep cervical muscle training will be given 4 days a week for 6 weeks
Sponsors
Riphah International University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
The study Would be double blind as the identity of patients group will not be revealed to the assessor and the patient will also be unaware of group to which they will be allocated.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
24 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Both gender * age between 24 to 45 years * At least 4 years of teaching experience and average 8 hours of working per day * Chronic Neck pain score of more than 5 on numeric pain rating scale * Mild to moderate disability Score on neck disability index
Exclusion criteria
* Participants with any ongoing treatment for neck pain * History of cervical spine surgery or reported any neurological signs. * History of any congenital or acquired postural deformity, spinal cord compression, tumour, instability, fracture, inflammatory disease or infection.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Numeric pain rating Scale | 8th week | Numeric pain rating scale used to determine pain intensity experienced by individuals. It consist of a horizontal or vertical line with total of 11 numbers,ranging from 0 to 10. Where 0 indicates no pain while 10 is the worst pain. |
| Inclinometer | 8th week | It is an instrument used for measuring the angles of tilt,elevation and depression of an object with respect to gravity. |
| Cranio-cervical flexion test | 8th week | It is a clinical test of the anatomical action of the deep cervical flexor muscles. It could be described as a test of neuromotor control. The features assessed are the activation and isometric endurance of the deep cervical flexors |
| Neck Disability index | 8th week | This questionnaire has been designed to give us information as to how your neck pain has affected your ability to manage in everyday life. |
Countries
Pakistan
Outcome results
None listed