Mechanical Neck Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
To investigate the Effect of Kinesthetic and Visual Motor Imagery Training on Cervical Position Sense and Balance in Mechanical Neck Pain
Detailed description
Thirty patients with Mechanical Neck Pain will participate in this study. The patients will randomly be divided into two equal groups; the control group which received the selected exercise program and the study group received the same exercise training program in addition to Kinesthetic and Visual Motor Imagery Training, three times per week for four weeks. The evaluation methods are cervical joint position error test, neck disability index, multidirectional reach test and visual analogue scale
Interventions
therapeutic ultrasound, Static neck exercise, balance exercises
OTHERKinesthetic and Visual Motor Imagery Training
Kinesthetic and Visual Motor Imagery Training During kinesthetic imagery, the participants were asked to feel their body parts without any body motion. During visual imagery, the participants were asked to perform a visual presentation of the motion without any body motion.
Sponsors
October 6 University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
the control group which received the selected exercise program and the study group received the same exercise training program in addition to Kinesthetic and Visual Motor Imagery Training
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
35 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* thirty patients with mechanical neck pain, * Age will range as (35:50) years old * body mass index (18:29)
Exclusion criteria
* difficulty to communicate or to understand program instructions * any other neurological deficits or orthopaedic abnormalities, * secondary musculoskeletal complication * Cervical disc prolapses * Any other cervical problem * Spinal stenosis * Previous spinal surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cervical joint position error test | four weeks | The subject will be instructed to perform an active head rotation to one side, after which returns back to the neutral or starting head position. The test will be performed in a 3 trials in each direction |
| Neck disability index | four weeks | includes 10 items as follows: Pain Intensity, Personal Care, Lifting, Reading, Headaches, Concentration, Work, Driving, Sleeping, and Recreation, with a score (0:5) for every point. The maximum score is 50, with the interpretation scoring (no disability = 0: 4, mild disability 5:14, moderate disability 15:24, severe disability 25: 34 and complete disability above 34 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Visual analogue scale for pain (VAS-P) | four weeks | is a method for measuring the intensity of pain on a horizontal straight line of fixed length (10 cm), as the left end of the line showed the greatest pain score & the right end showed the least pain scores, then the patient was asked to put a mark, on the line according to his/her pain sensation, with a higher score representing the higher level of pain |
| multidirectional reach test | four weeks | The Multi-Directional Reach Test (MDRT) measures balance and the limits of stability in the anterior-posterior and medial-lateral directions by testing how far an individual can voluntarily reach forward, to the right, to the left, and lean backward, while standing with their feet flat on the ground, shoulder-width apart |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed