Efficacy of Cervical Stabilization Exercises on Hand Grip Strength in Chronic Myofascial Neck Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT06468904
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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)
The purpose of this study is to examine effect of cervical stabilization exercises on hand grip strength, key pinch strength, pain intensity, pain pressure threshold and hand function in chronic myofascial neck pain patients.
Study details
- Official title
- Efficacy of Cervical Stabilization Exercises on Hand Grip Strength, Pinch Strength, Pain Pressure Threshold in Patients With Chronic Myofascial Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: cervical stabilization exercises and integrated neuromuscular technique.
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Start date
- 2023-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2024-08
- Sex
- Female
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 45 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Egypt
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Chronic neck pain for more than 3 months. 2. Active MTrPs in the UT muscle with a tender nodule. 3. Constant neck pain, a jump sign during palpation of UT muscle. 4. Referred pain. 5. Symptoms of ipsilateral hand muscles weakness. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Signs of severe pathology such as malignancy of the cervical area. 2. Fractures of the cervical spine. 3. Cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy. 4. Diabetes. 5. Trauma, congenital anomalies and surgery around neck, shoulder and hand. 6. Fibromyalgia or vascular syndromes such as vertebra-basilar insufficiency. 7. Pregnancy.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06468904