Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization Versus Muscle Energy Technique on Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain
Not yet recruitingNot applicableNCT06799130
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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 aim of this study is to investigate if there is any difference between INSTRUMENT-ASSISTED SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION and Muscle Energy Technique over sternocleidomastoid on Neck pain, Range of motion and Functional disability in patients with Chronic Non-specific Neck Pain
Study details
- Official title
- Effect Of Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization Versus Muscle Energy Technique Over Sternocleidomastoid In Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization
- Other: Muscle energy technique
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Start date
- 2025-01-29
- Primary completion
- 2025-03-15
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 35 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. The subjects are of both genders, aged between 18-35 years old . 2. Subjects with Neck pain continued for at least the last 12 weeks . 3. body mass index (18.5-24.9). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any specific neck pathology as radiculopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic diseases 2. Sensory problems at the mid or upper back . 3. A tendency to hemorrhage or anticoagulation treatment. And nonsteroidal pain medication . 4. Signs of severe pathology such as malignancy, fractures of the cervical spine, cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy, or vascular syndromes such as vertebrobasilar insufficiency . 5. surgery of the cervical spine, whiplash trauma (in the past or recent, as cause of the complaint).
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06799130