Cervical Radiculopathy
Conditions
Brief summary
To investigate the Effect of High Tone Power Therapy on Neck Pain and Proprioception in Cervical Radiculopathy Patients.
Detailed description
Forty two patients with Cervical Radiculopathy 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 High Tone Power Therapy, three times per week for four weeks. The evaluation methods are cervical joint position error test, neck disability index, Cervical range of motion (CROM) and visual analogue scale
Interventions
therapeutic ultrasound, Static neck exercise
DEVICEHigh Tone Power Therapy
High Tone Power Therapy delivered in cervical region 3 times per week for four weeks
Sponsors
October 6 University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
35 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Their ages range from 35 to 50 years. * Both sex * With mild to moderate cervical disability according to the neck disability index * Unilateral cervical radiculopathy for more than 6 months. * Cervical radiculopathy due to disc prolapse (C5-C6) (C6-C7) mild to moderate or disc prolapse according to magnetic resonance image (MRI). * Normal body mass index (18.5 - 24.99Kg/m2).
Exclusion criteria
* Any other musculoskeletal disorders of the spine or upper extremity * Patients with any other Neurological deficits, psychiatric disease Cervical myelopathy, Cognitive problems, vertebral fractures and previous history of spine or cervical surgery. * Neck pain with vertigo or with bilateral upper limbs referred pain. * Clinical instability, recent trauma and vertebrobasilar insufficiency. * Structural abnormalities of the spine, osteoporosis, and spasmodic torticollis. * Inflammatory or other specific disorders of spina such as ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis
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 |
| CROM | four weeks | Cervical range of motion measured using CROM in different directions |
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 |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Primary ContactLama Saad El-Din ED Mahmoud
Outcome results
None listed