Clinical and Electromyographic Effect of Tui Na Massage Versus Positional Release on Postpartum Neck Dysfunction

October 6 University60 enrolled

Overview

To investigate the effects of Tui- Na massage versus Positional release technique on neck pain intensity, neck disability, and electromyographic characteristics of upper trapezius muscle.

Positional release technique

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Postpartum Neck Dysfunction

Interventions

postural correction exercisesPROCEDURE

A combination of yoga, stretching, and strengthening exercises may help you to fix or correct your posture over time. Maintaining good posture is important for helping you develop strength, flexibility, and balance.

Tui-Na massagePROCEDURE

Tuina massage is similar to acupuncture in that it targets specific acupoints, but practitioners use fingers instead of needles to apply pressure to stimulate these points. Tuina massage is often used in combination with acupuncture.

positional releasePROCEDURE

is a passive manual manipulation method used to alleviate musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 40 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * age ranged from 20- 40 years * had post partum cervical pain * score above 15 in the neck disability index (NDI Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with structural, inflammatory, infectious, metabolic, congenital, traumatic spinal disorders and spinal or upper limb surgery.

Locations (1)

Kerolous ishak shehata kelini

Cairo, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

visual analogue scale

10 cm horizontal line anchored by and it is a line score from zero to ten which 10 score means it is the worse of pain and zero score means the least pain ""no pain"" on the leftand ""worst imaginable pain"" on the right). Patients indicate their pain intensity by marking on the point at the line that reflect their pain

Time frame: 4 week

Neck disability index

It includes 10 questions of which 7 examine functional activities, 2 ask about symptoms and a question considers concentration. Each Patient will circle one of the six options describing the severity of each item (0 5). total score for the questionnaire out of 50. Higher scores represent greater disability.

Time frame: 4 weeks

Electromyography

used for measuring upper trapezius normalized Root mean square to indicate muscular activities and median frequence to indicate muscular fatigue. Active electrode will be located 2 cm lateral to the midpoint of a line drawn between C7 spinous process and the posterolateral acromion while the reference one will be located over the C7 spinous process.

Time frame: 4 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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