The Effects of Mulligan Joint Mobilization and Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization in Individuals With Neck Pain
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Instrumental Soft Tissue Mobilization, Mobilization.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Neck Pain. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 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
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Comparison of the Effects of Mulligan Joint Mobilization and Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization on Pain Intensity, Cervical Awareness, and Functionality in Individuals With Chronic Neck Pain
Overview
The study will include a total of 40 individuals aged 18-65 years with chronic neck pain for at least three months. Participants will be randomly assigned to two groups: the Mulligan mobilization group (n=20) and the AYDM group (n=20). Both groups will receive a total of 12 treatment sessions, 3 days a week for 4 weeks. Assessments will be performed before and after treatment. Pain intensity will be assessed using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), cervical awareness using the Fremantle Neck Awareness Questionnaire (FNA), and functionality using the Copenhagen Neck Functional Disability Scale (CNFDS). In addition, measurements of cervical joint range of motion, deep neck flexor muscle endurance, quality of life (SF-36), and depression level (Beck Depression Scale) will be taken.
Interventions
- Other Instrumental Soft Tissue Mobilization
The treatments will administered 3 days a week for a total of 12 sessions over 4 weeks. - Other Mobilization
The treatments will administered 3 days a week for a total of 12 sessions over 4 weeks.
Primary outcome measures
- Pain Intensity [Time frame: Baseline and at the end of treatment (week 4)]
- Range of motion [Time frame: Baseline and at the end of treatment (week 4)]
- Cervical awareness [Time frame: Baseline and at the end of treatment (week 4)]
- Copenhagen Neck Functional Disability Scale [Time frame: Baseline and at the end of treatment (week 4)]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Neck flexor endurance [Time frame: Baseline and at the end of treatment (week 4)]
- SF-36 Quality of life [Time frame: Baseline and at the end of treatment (week 4)]
- Depression Scale [Time frame: Baseline and at the end of treatment (week 4)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- • Volunteering to participate in the study
- Being between 18 and 65 years of age
- Having experienced mechanical neck pain for at least 3 months
- Not having any contraindications for manual therapy
Exclusion criteria
- Receiving a diagnosis of a psychiatric illness
- Having a history of spinal surgery
- Having other musculoskeletal problems that may affect the cervical region (such as scoliosis, shoulder pathologies, thoracic outlet syndrome)
- Having received physiotherapy for neck and back problems within the last year.
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
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Istanbul Rumeli University — Istanbul
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07489014 · IstanbulRumeliU-FTR-ENS-01