Effects of Post Isometric Relaxation and Janda's Approach in Patient With Shoudler Girdle Crossed Syndrome
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Neck Isometrics , TENS and Hot pack.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Upper Crossed Syndrome. Basic parameters: 18 years — 50 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Pakistan
- Next step
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Official title
Effects of Post Isometric Relaxation and Janda's Approach on Pain, Muscle Endurance and Disability in Patient With Shoudler Girdle Crossed Syndrome
Overview
Shoulder girdle crossed syndrome referred as upper crossed syndrome. In this syndrome, tightness of the upper trapezius and levator scapula on the dorsal side crosses with tightness of the pectoralis major and minor. Weakness of the deep cervical flexors, ventrally, crosses with weakness of the middle, lower trapezius and Rhomboids. Janda Approach treatment involves steps i.e Normalize the Periphery, Restore Muscle Balance, Increase afferent input to facilitate reflexive stabilization and increase endurance in muscles.
Detailed description
This study will be a randomized controlled trial and will be conducted in Riphah Rehabilitation Clinic Lahore. Non-probability convenient sampling will be used to collect the data. Sample size of 54 subjects with age group between 18-50 years will be taken. Data will be collected from the patients having present complaint of neck pain. Outcome measures will be taken using Numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) for pain, Neck disability index (NDI) for disability and Muscle Endurance tests for neck flexors, extensors and lateral flexors, an informed consent will be taken. Subjects will be selected on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria and will be equally divided into two groups by random number generator table. Both the Groups will receive Janda treatment as standard physical therapy, while Group A will receive janda's Technique and Muscle Energy Technique. In Janda technique weak muscles will be Strengthened and Tight muscles will be stretched. While group B is control group and receive only Janda Technique. Outcome measures will be measured at baseline and after 4 weeks. Data analysis will be done by SPSS version 25.
Interventions
- Other Neck Isometrics , TENS and Hot pack
Hot apck and TENS applied for 10min each. Using the same amount of light pressure, gently push your head into your hand as you did before. This time, allow the head to move slowly toward the shoulder against the pressure of the hand. This too can be repeated on the opposite side, forwards, backward, and into left and right rotation
Primary outcome measures
- Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) [Time frame: upto 4 weeks]
- Neck Disability Index (NDI) [Time frame: upto 4 weeks]
- Endurance Tests [Time frame: upto 4 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Age group between 18 and 50 years (defined as pain in the area of the neck could be provoked by mechanical characteristics, including sustained neck postures, cervical movement, or manual palpation of the cervical musculature)
Exclusion criteria
- Cervical radiculopathy
- History of whiplash injury
- History of cervical and thoracic spine surgery
- Neck pain associated with vertigo
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Pakistan · 1 center
- Ittefaq Hospital — Lahore
Publications
- Mubeen I, Malik S, Akhtar W, Iqbal M, Asif M, Arshad A, et al. Prevalence of upper cross syndrome among the medical students of University of Lahore. International journal of Physiotherapy. 2016;3(3):381-4.
- Dhage P, Anap D. Prevalence of an "Upper Crossed Syndrome in Physiotherapy College Students"-A Cross-Sectional Study. VIMS Health Science Journal. 2019;6(1):10-3.
- Kage V, Putti B. Effectiveness of stretching and strengthening exercises (Janda's approach) in subjects with postural backache: A randomized controlled trial. Int J Physiother Res. 2015;3(6):1301-6.
- Bae WS, Lee HO, Shin JW, Lee KC. The effect of middle and lower trapezius strength exercises and levator scapulae and upper trapezius stretching exercises in upper crossed syndrome. J Phys Ther Sci. 2016 May;28(5):1636-9. doi: 10.1589/jpts.28.1636. Epub 2016 May 31. PMID 27313388
- Guanche C, Knatt T, Solomonow M, Lu Y, Baratta R. The synergistic action of the capsule and the shoulder muscles. Am J Sports Med. 1995 May-Jun;23(3):301-6. doi: 10.1177/036354659502300308. PMID 7661256
- Umphred D, Byl N, Lazaro R, Roller M. Interventions for neurological disabilities. Neurological rehabilitation. 2001;4:56-134.
- Sherrington C. On reciprocal innervation of antagonistic muscles. Proc R Soc London B. 1905;76:161-269.
- El Laithy MH, Fouda KZ. Effect of post isometric relaxation technique in the treatment of mechanical neck pain. Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation. 2018;5(1):20.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07064031 · REC/RCR &AHS/24/0144 Muqaddas