Adding Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization to Core Stability Training in Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT05860049
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov Recruiting status changes often. Contact the study team listed on ClinicalTrials.gov, and talk to your doctor before joining a study.
This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of adding instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization to core stability training in treatment of chronic mechanical neck pain on pain level, cervical ROM, proprioception, muscle activity, H-reflex, and functions.
Study details
- Official title
- Adding Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization to Core Stability Training in Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Conventional physiotherapy
- Other: Core stability
- Device: Instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Start date
- 2023-08-29
- Primary completion
- 2024-01-29
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 55 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Egypt
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Patients diagnosed as having chronic mechanical neck pain. 2. Patient's age between 18-55 years old. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects with any specific neck pathology as radiculopathy, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic diseases. 2. sensory problems at mid or upper back. 3. A history of head and upper trunk trauma or surgery. 4. severe disorders of the cervical spine such as disk prolapse and cervical stenosis.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05860049