Musculoskeletal Diseases cervical radiculopathy
Conditions
Interventions
traditional program for cervical radiculopathy
Sponsors
Cairo university
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. All patients suffer from cervical radiculopathy of lower cervical spine(C5-C6 and/ or C6-C7) as confirmed with MRI (Young etal., 2009). 2. The patient has to get ;positive sign in at least 3 out of the following testing (1- cervical distraction test, 2- upper limb tension test (ULTT), 3- Spurling test, and 4- ipsilateral cervical rotation reduced by more than 60°) (Straus et al., 2005) 3. Duration of symptoms more than 3 months to avoid acute stage of inflammation. 4. Pain is radiated in lateral aspect of arm and forearm
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Posterior osteophytes 2. Spinal canal stenosis 3. Rheumatoid arthritis 4. Vestibular insufficiency 5. Vertebrobasilar insufficiency 6. Osteoprosis 7. Any signs or symptoms of mylopathy 8. Any abnormalities of deep sensation 9. Associated pathologies of upper cervical region or the upper limb that may cause overlapping with clinical findings as referred pain from costotransverse joint, rotator cuff tendonitis, cervical rib syndrome and entrapment neuropathy (Donald, 2000)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The peak amplitude and latency of dermatomal somatosensory evoked potential;cervical proprioception | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| neck pain;cervical range of motion;functional performance | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public Contactsameh senyout
Outcome results
None listed