purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of phonophoresis with fastum gel versus reparil gel on pain intensity, pain threshold, and cervical ROM of participant with trigger point of upper trapezius.
participants will be divided into 3 groups, 2 study groups and 1 control group.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
20
apply fastum on trigger point with US
apply reparil on trigger point with US
apply gel on trigger point with US
Batterjee Medical College
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
pain intensity
change of pain intensity by using VAS from 0 to 10
Time frame: Two weeks and 3 months follow up
pain threshold
change of pain threshold by using PPA
Time frame: two weeks and 3 months follow up
ROM
change of ROM by using CROM
Time frame: two weeks and 3 months follow up
neck function
change of neck function by using Neck Disability Index (NDI) questionnaire
Time frame: Two weeks and 3 months follow up
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