Correlation between neck pain and handgrip strength in patients with chronic mechanical neck pain

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202406664287232

Enrollment

Registered

2024-06-04

Start date

2022-12-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Interventions

Assessment of pain and hand grip strength

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1- Age ranged from 25 to 35 years. 2- Neck pain lasted more than 6 months. 3- Mild (5-44 mm) to moderate (45–74) neck pain as indicated by visual analogue scale (VAS). 4- Participants had right hand dominance and with normal body mass index (BMI) (18.5 - 24.99Kg/m2)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1- Patients with any cervical pathology rather than mechanical neck pain. 2- previous cervical or shoulder surgery or trauma. 3- diabetic patients with shoulder problems 4- history of any neurologic disease that may affect the hand functions such as carpal tunnel syndrome, De Quervain's disease, deformities in elbow or hand 5- patients suffering from psychological or cognitive disturbances.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Hand grip strength in KG	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pain using Visual analogue scale	—

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public ContactShaimaa Abdelmageed

Lecturer PhD faculty of physical therapy Cairo university

Shaimaa.Abdelmageed@pt.cu.edu.eg00201028202856

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026