Comparison of Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization and Myofascial Gun in Upper Cross Syndrome

NCT05474443 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: REC/01217 Hafsa
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To compare the effects of Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization and Myofascial gun in Upper Cross Syndrome

Conditions

Postural; Defect

Keywords

Upper Cross Syndrome; Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization; Myofascial gun

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Numeric Pain Rating Scale

  Changes from baseline Numeric pain Rating Scale is used to objectively assess musculoskeletal pain as marked by the patient. It is a 10 point scale from 0 to 10. 0 depicts no pain at all and 10 shows worst pain ever felt. It was measured at baseline and after 4 weeks of the intervention

  4th week

• Tragus to wall distance test

  Changes from baseline Tragus to wall distance test is used to measure Forward Head Posture. The subject stands 10cm away from wall and then with the help of a ruler the distance from tragus of ear to wall is measured. If the distance was more than 9.5 cm then it was considered as forward head posture. it was measured at baseline and after 4 weeks of intervention

  4th week

• Neck Disability Index

  Changes from baseline NDI is the most widely used instrument for assessing self-rated disability in patients with neck pain. The NDI is a self-report questionnaire with 10-items. The response to each item is rated on a 6-point scale from 0 (no disability) to 5 (complete disability). The numeric responses for each item are summed for a total score ranging between 0 and 50. Most of the subjects did not know how to drive so their total score was taken from 45. The questionnaire was filled by the subjects at basline and after 4 weeks of the intervention

  4th week

• Inclinometer

  Changes from baseline Bubble inclinometers are portable, lightweight, inexpensive and require training. With the movement of neck the ink in the inclinometer moves and the level of ink gives the measure of the range of motion. For flexion, extension and lateral flexion of cervical Range of motion in sitting position and inclinometer was positioned at the top of head in sagittal plane. For rotations the subject was in supine position and inclinometer was placed over the forehead. Cervical ranges of motions were measured at baseline and then after 4 weeks of intervention

  4th week

Study Arms (2)

Myofascial gun with Conventional therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

• Myofascial gun was applied over the Upper Trapezius muscle for 5 minutes. In the first two sessions frequency was set to 1-2 then increased to next two sessions 3-4 and so on.

Other: Myofascial gun with conventional therapy

Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization with Conventional therapy

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Graston's tool moved over the skin on upper trapezius muscle from its origin to insertion at 45 degree. conventional therapy applied with Thermotherapy, upper trapezius, levator scapulae and pectoralis major stretching and cryotherapy at the end

Other: Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization with Conventional therapy

Interventions

Myofascial gun with conventional therapy OTHER

MYofascial gun was applied for the duration of 5 minutes over upper trapezius muscle. every week, on first two sessions frequency was set to 1-2 then for next two 3-4 and so on conventional therapy Hot Pack applied at the beginning of session for 10 minutes Muscle stretching of Upper Trapezius, Levator Scapulae and Pectoralis Major applied with holding time 20 seconds and 4 repetitions. Cold pack was applied at the end of the session for few minutes

Myofascial gun with Conventional therapy

Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization with Conventional therapy OTHER

Graston's tool was applied over upper trapezius muscle from its origin to insertion kept at the angle of 45 Conventional Therapy Hot pack 10mins Upper Trapezius, Levator scapule and Pectoralis major muscle stretching(20s hold and 4 reps) Cold pack for few minutes

Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization with Conventional therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 50 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Patients with forward head posture and upper crossed syndrome

You may not qualify if:

• Congenital anomalies of shoulder
• Malalignment/previous fracture of clavicle
• Malignancy and Tuberculosis of spine
• Pigeon and Barrel chest

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Riphah International University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Pakistan Railway General Hospital

Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, 46010, Pakistan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome type Preus

Study Officials

• Muhammad Affan Iqbal, PhD*

  Riphah International University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: 30 participants were recruited in study and divided into two groups. Group A was given intervention with Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization and Group B with Myofascial gun

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 24, 2022
• First Posted: July 26, 2022
• Study Start: November 25, 2021
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2022
• Study Completion: July 10, 2022
• Last Updated: July 26, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (1)