Musculoskeletal Diseases Orthopaedics
Conditions
Interventions
INTEGRATED NEUROMUSCULAR INHIBITION TECHNIQUE
SHOCK WAVE THERAPY
Sponsors
Faculty of physical therapy Cairo university
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with ages range from 18 to 30 years old (Esenyel et al., 2000). 2. Patients from both genders males and females. 3. Patients with BMI range from 18 to 25 kg/m2 4. Patients with neck pain and muscle spasm due to tender points of upper fibers of trapezius within the preceding 1 month. 5. Patients having only one active trigger point in one side of upper trapezius muscle (single MTrP instead of multiple MTrPs was chosen to avoid the influence of overlapped or spontaneous pain pattern induced by multiple MTrPs, (Alonso-Blanco et al., 2011) and the identification of MTrPs was determined following Simons and Travell’s criteria (Simons et al., 1999).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Signs of serious spinal pathology including significant trauma, unexplained weight loss and widespread neurologic changes. 2. Current radiating symptoms (and/or neurological deficit). 3. History of spinal surgery, fracture or malignancy. 4. Specific neck pain, defined as herniated disc, ankylosing spondylitis, spondylolisthesis or other relevant (Luciana et al., 2018).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measurement of pain threshold by pressure algometry;Measurement of pain intensity by visual analogue scale | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Measurement of function disability by neck disability index | — |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
Public ContactWadida Hassan
Professor of physical therapy Cairo university
Outcome results
None listed