scholarly journals Comparison of Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glides and Maitland Manual Therapy in Non-Specific Neck Pain on Numeric Pain Rating Scale and Neck Disability Index

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-462
Author(s):  
Fahad Tanveer ◽  
Adnan Afzal ◽  
Muhammad Adeel ◽  
Sana Shahid ◽  
Maham Masood

Incidence of neck pain is increasing day by day due to changed, sedentary, non-ergonomic environment and life style. This becomes the reason of an increased load of human resource and cost. To shed this load of resources and cost, it’s essential to sort out means which give real relief to this increasinglysignificant problem. To compare outcomes of sustained natural apophyseal glides (SNAGs) versus Maitland manual therapy in improving non-specific neck pain. It was a quasi-experimental study design. The study was conducted in Chaudhary Muhammad Akram, Teaching & Research Hospital, Lahore and SuriyaAzeem Teaching Hospital, Lahore within six months from June 2015 to December 2015. A total of 75 subjects with non-specific neck pain using non-probability convenience sampling technique who fulfilled the specific inclusion and exclusion criteria were randomly allocated to three groups; group 1 received SNAGs,group 2 Maitland mobilization and group 3 conventional treatment. Baseline, post-intervention and follow up readings were taken through numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) for pain intensity, neck disability index (NDI) for functional status,goniometer for range of motion and manual muscle testing for muscle strengthof neck. The subject in each group were given twelve sessions, with three sessions a week. Data were analyzed through statistical package of social sciences (SPSS) 21. The results of each group showed pre-treatment pain intensity for group 1 was 7.04+1.338 that changed to 3.52+0.714 and for group 2 it was changed from 7.52+0.872 to 5.16+0.850 and 7.16+0.943 to 5.12+0.781 for group 3. The NDI score for group 1, 2 and 3 were 31.56+5.560, 25.040+7.086 and 25.560+5.477 that were changed to 13.120+2.759, 16.360+2.899 and 12.600+2.020 respectively. The one way ANOVA test compared mean of three groups and p-value for painintensity after treatment was p=0.000 and for functional status p=0.000. The study showed that SNAGs mobilization was more effective in the management of non-specific neck pain and also conventional treatment improved functional status of neck than Maitland mobilization.

Author(s):  
Divya Jain ◽  
Swapna Jawade ◽  
Neha Chitale

Background: "Text neck" is a term coined to describe the posture created by leaning forward for lengthy periods of time, such as when reading and texting on a cellphone which has been linked to stress injuries. Neck pain, upper back discomfort, shoulder pain, frequent headaches, and greater curvature of the spine are all dangerous indications of text neck. According to a survey, 35% of smartphone users suffer from text neck syndrome. People between the ages of 15 and 18 are more likely to have neck pain. This protocol has been created that describes the design of comparative study to evaluate effectiveness of progressive resisted exercise along with conventional exercise and conventional exercise program alone in text neck syndrome. Methods: The participants (n=80) will be recruited in the study suffering from text neck syndrome and meeting the inclusion criteria. Two groups will be formed such that patients in group A will be treated with conventional therapy and group B will be treated with progressive resisted exercise (PRE) along with conventional therapy. The protocol will cover 4 weeks of treatment. In the rehabilitation period, we will evaluate the pain intensity, strength of neck muscles and functional activity. Our outcome measures will be- Numerical pain rating scale (NPRS) and Neck disability index (NDI). Discussion: Efficacy of the intervention will be evaluated by analyzing the pain intensity by using Numerical pain rating scale (NPRS) and level of functional disability by using Neck disability index (NDI). The result of the study will significantly provide affirmation on either using combination therapy of PRE with conventional exercise or conventional exercise alone.


Author(s):  
Anam Manzoor ◽  
Naveed Anwar ◽  
Kehkshan khalid ◽  
Rizwan Haider ◽  
Mehwish Saghir ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Neck pain is very common in general population. The onset of pain may be sudden or insidious, recurrent or persistent in nature. The prevalence of neck pain in Pakistan is not known. The neck pain that persists for more than 3 months is called chronic neck pain. There are different physiotherapy techniques to manage nonspecific neck pain including Mulligan mobilization and muscle energy technique. Objective: to compare the efficacy of muscle energy technique with Mulligan mobilization in patients having non-specific neck pain. Methodology: This quasi-experimental study was conducted at Mayo hospital physiotherapy department, Lahore. The study duration was six months from March 2017 to September 2017. Sample size calculated was 56 by using g power software. Random sampling technique was used. Subjects were divided into two groups. In the group 1 patients; muscle energy technique was used and in group 2; Mulligan mobilization as natural apophyseal glides (NAGs) and sustained natural apophyseal glides (SNAGs) were used. The pain intensity, functional status of neck and cervical range of motion (ROM) were measured before and after treatment session by using visual analogue (VAS), neck disability index (NDI) and goniometer. Independent t-test was applied for between group analysis. Results: The mean age of participants is 36.89±9.28. The mean improvement in pain intensity was 3.61 for the Muscle energy technique group and for Mulligan group it was 4.86 after three weeks’ treatment. The functional status score according to neck disability index (NDI) pre-treatment mean for the group 1 was 12.04±4.69 and Continuous....


2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Χρήστος Σάββα

Στόχος της διδακτορικής διατριβής ήταν να διερευνήσει την αποτελεσματικότητα της αυχενικής έλξης σε συνδυασμό με την εφαρμογή των ασκήσεων κινητοποίησης του περιφερικού νευρικού ιστού στην αντιμετώπιση της αυχενικής ριζοπάθειας. Πιλοτικά η διερεύνηση του συγκεκριμένου θεραπευτικού πλάνου πραγματοποιήθηκε με μια περιπτωσιακή μελέτη ενώ αργότερα πραγματοποιήθηκε μια διπλά τυφλή τυχαιοποιημένη ελεγχόμενη δοκιμασία (συμμετοχή σαράντα δύο ασθενών που ισομερώς κατανεμήθηκαν στις ομάδες ελέγχου και θεραπείας) με σαφώς καλύτερο μεθοδολογικό σχεδιασμό σε σχέση με την προηγούμενη μελέτη. Για την αξιολόγηση του συγκεκριμένου θεραπευτικού πλάνου χρησιμοποιήθηκαν τα όργανα αξιολόγησης the Neck Disability Index, the Patient-Specific Functional Scale and the Numeric Pain Rating Scale. Επιπρόσθετα, αξιολογήθηκε η δύναμη της λαβής της άκρας χειρός αλλά και το εύρος κίνησης της αυχενικής μοίρας της σπονδυλικής στήλης. Σύμφωνα με τα ευρήματα της διατριβής αποδείχτηκε πως η εφαρμογή της αυχενικής έλξης και των ασκήσεων κινητοποίησης του περιφερικού νευρικού ιστού μπορεί να αντιμετωπίσουν τον νευρογενή πόνο αλλά και να αναβαθμίσουν το επίπεδο λειτουργικότητας των ασθενών με αυχενική ριζοπάθεια. Περισσότερες μελλοντικές ερευνητικές εργασίας θα πρέπει να διεξαχθούν έτσι ώστε να διερευνηθεί η μακροπρόθεσμη αποτελεσματικότητα του συγκεκριμένου θεραπευτικού πλάνου αλλά και να συγκριθεί η δράση του σε σχέση με την αποτελεσματικότητα άλλων θεραπευτικών εργαλείων όπως είναι ο θεραπευτικός υπέρηχος κτλ.


Cephalalgia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian A Young ◽  
James Dunning ◽  
Raymond Butts ◽  
Joshua A Cleland ◽  
César Fernández-de-las-Peñas

Background Self-reported disability and pain intensity are commonly used outcomes in patients with cervicogenic headaches. However, there is a paucity of psychometric evidence to support the use of these self-report outcomes for individuals treated with cervicogenic headaches. Therefore, it is unknown if these measures are reliable, responsive, or result in meaningful clinically important changes in this patient population. Methods A secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial (n = 110) examining the effects of spinal manipulative therapy with and without exercise in patients with cervicogenic headaches. Reliability, construct validity, responsiveness and thresholds for minimal detectable change and clinically important difference values were calculated for the Neck Disability Index and Numeric Pain Rating Scale. Results The Neck Disability Index exhibited excellent reliability (ICC = 0.92; [95 % CI: 0.46–0.97]), while the Numeric Pain Rating Scale exhibited moderate reliability (ICC = 0.72; [95 % CI: 0.08–0.90]) in the short term. Both instruments also exhibited adequate responsiveness (area under the curve; range = 0.78–0.93) and construct validity ( p < 0.001) in this headache population. Conclusions Both instruments seem well suited as short-term self-report measures for patients with cervicogenic headaches. Clinicians and researchers should expect at least a 2.5-point reduction on the numeric pain rating scale and a 5.5-point reduction on the neck disability index after 4 weeks of intervention to be considered clinically meaningful.


Author(s):  
Andrew Lalchhuanawma ◽  
Divya Sanghi

Background: The Neck Disability Index (NDI) is an important self-assessment tool used extensively worldwide, in clinical practice with implications into scientific research fields. It is used to assess the extent of pain and levels of functional disability associated with neck pain. The NDI consists of 10 items where each item was scored from a scale of 0 to 5 giving the maximum score possible to 50. Though proven to be a reliable instrument in the English-speaking population, the NDI has never been validated and culturally adapted in the Mizo language among the rural north-east Indian region where English is not spoken as means of communication. The aim is to translate and cross culturally adapt the NDI into Mizo tawng (official language of Mizoram) with the objective of establishing reliability and validity of the M-NDI in patients with non-specific neck pain.Methods: A total of 49 subjects participated voluntarily from the rural primary health care, Lunglei district, Mizoram. Subject having chronic non-specific neck pain lasting more than 3 months were included after taking a written formal consent.Results: The internal consistency determined by Cronbach alpha, and the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) using the test-retest reliability showed a good and an excellent reliability respectively (α=0.82, ICC=0.97, 95% CI= 0.95-0.98). Construct validity was determined between the variables-Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and NDI by Pearson’s correlation coefficient and found to have a good correlation r=0.89 and significant difference at p<0.001.Conclusions: The study results concluded the Mizo version of NDI to be easy to understand, reliable and valid instrument for measuring disability and functional limitations of daily activities in non-specific neck pain in the Mizo speaking population.


Spine ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (26) ◽  
pp. 3047-3051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan J. M. Pool ◽  
Raymond W. J. G. Ostelo ◽  
Jan L. Hoving ◽  
Lex M. Bouter ◽  
Henrica C. W. de Vet

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