Muscle Energy Technique and Static Stretching on Pain Intensity and Functional Disability in Patients With Mechanical Neck Pain (MET&SSinNckp)
Neck Pain
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Neck Pain focused on measuring Static stretching, ,, neck pain,, muscle energy techniques, visual analogue scale,, neck disability index
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:i. Male and female patients with history of mechanical neck pain of more than 3 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with acute neck pain
- Subjects were excluded if they have neck pain associated with an underlying pathology such as fracture of the cervical spine, neck pain radiating into the arms or upper extremity or associated with headaches or facial pain, malignancy, infections, inflammatory disorders, osteoporosis or cases of disc prolapse.
- Patients with history of surgery of the cervical spine during the previous 12months
Sites / Locations
- Obafemi Awolowo University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Muscle Energy Technique (MET)
Static stretching (SS)
MET Group received 12 treatment sessions of MET (Nagrale et al, 2010) two times a week in addition to conventional physiotherapy. The procedures employ voluntary muscle contractions by the patient in a precisely controlled direction and intensity against a counterforce applied by the Physiotherapist. The technique requires the therapist to provide stabilization to the segment on which the distal aspect of the muscle attaches. A command for anisometric contraction of the muscle is given that causes accessory movement of the joint. Several specific muscle energy techniques are described for the subcranial region of the cervical spine.
Subjects in SS Group received 12 treatment sessions of static stretching (Dutton et al, 2008) two times a week in addition to conventional physiotherapy. Stretching involves the application of manual or mechanical force to elongate structures that have adaptively shortened and are hypo-mobile (Sullivan, 2007) Static stretching involves stretching a muscle to a point of discomfort and holding the stretch for a length of time, followed by a return to normal resting muscle length (Andrews et al, 2004). Muscles of the neck were stretched in especially in side flexion, extension, flexion and side rotation for 10 seconds and was repeated 10 times for a session.