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

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05785104

Enrollment

Registered

2023-03-27

Start date

2023-05-01

Completion date

2023-07-01

Last updated

2024-03-06

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Conditions

Cervical Pain, Lumbar Pain Syndrome

Keywords

Cervical pain,lumbar pain,fibromyalgia

Brief summary

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

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.

Interventions

OTHERMyofascial release

Is Facilitation of mechanical and neurological adaptive capacity as integrated through the Myofascial system

OTHERMuscle energy technique

Is manual therapy procedure that involves alternating periods of resisted muscle contraction and assisted stretching

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

Double masking

Intervention model description

Two groups, one group will be treated by muscle energy technique and other will be treated by myofascial release

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

30 Years to 45 Years

Healthy volunteers

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

Design outcomes

Primary

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

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026