Acupoint Focused Ultrasound Versus Laserpuncture In Mechanical Neck Pain

NCT05782621 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: P.T.REC/012/004126
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 45
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

this study will be conducted to compare the effect of Acupoint focused ultrasound and Laser puncture on pain intensity level, neck range of motion, and neck function in patient with chronic mechanical neck pain

Conditions

Neck Pain

Keywords

Acupoint Focused Ultrasound; Laserpuncture; Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• pain intensity

  pain will be measured by visual analogue scale. It is a vertical or horizontal 100 mm line graduated by different levels of pain, starting from 0 (no pain) till 100 (worst pain)

  up to four weeks

• Disability

  The Copenhagen Neck Functional Disability Scale will be used to evaluate the disability experienced by patients with neck pain. it consists of 15 items. These items are individually answered by either 'yes', 'occasionally' or 'no'. For questions one till five, a 'yes' indicates a good function. For questions six till fifteen, a 'no' indicates a good function. A good function receives a score of zero, a poor function receives a score of two and the answer 'occasionally' always receives a score of one. Afterwards, we add up all the scores of the questions to form the total score. This total score ranges from 0 to 30.The total score determines the level of functional disability, in which higher numbers represent a higher level of disability. A score of 0 indicates that there are no neck complaints present whereas 30 indicates that the patient is extremely disabled as a result of the neck complaints

  up to four weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• cervical range of motion

  up to four weeks

Study Arms (3)

Acupoint focused ultrasound

EXPERIMENTAL

the patients will receive Acupoint focused ultrasound therapy three times a week for four weeks

Other: Acupoint focused ultrasound; Other: conventional treatment

Laserpuncture

EXPERIMENTAL

the patients will receive Laserpuncture therapy three times a week for four weeks

Other: Laserpuncture; Other: conventional treatment

conventional treatment

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

the patients will receive conventional treatment three times a week for four weeks

Other: conventional treatment

Interventions

Acupoint focused ultrasound OTHER

An ultrasound beam is normally pulsed in the ratio of 1:5. For perfect transmission of power from the treatment head to the body, the head will be applied perpendicularly to the skin surface. A stationary technique pulsed ultrasound (1 w/cm2) will be used. The application will be two minutes for each acupuncture point and the head will be glided to the next point in the same side; then to the other side for no more than 10 points, then the device will be turned off

Acupoint focused ultrasound

Laserpuncture OTHER

The laser tip (0.03 cm2 of beam area) will be positioned with the "probe" head directly on the acupuncture point, in a perpendicular position and in direct contact with the skin, and every point will be treated for 2 min, totaling 16 min of treatment, plus 4 min of rest, to standardize with the traditional acupuncture time, which is 20 min

Laserpuncture

conventional treatment OTHER

the patients will receive selective neck strengthening ex for (extension, flexion, sidebending, lateral rotation) and selective neck stretching ex for (extension, flexion, sidebending, lateral rotation)

Acupoint focused ultrasound; Laserpuncture; conventional treatment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 30 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• All subjects will be referred by the orthopedist. Cervical pain is episodic chronic, having occurred and recurred over regular or irregular intervals of time over at least the last 3 months.
• The subject is willing and able to refrain from non-study procedure therapies for the management of neck pain throughout study participation.
• Age ranged from 30-60 years BMI ranged from (25-30kg/m2)

You may not qualify if:

• Cervical pain is undiagnosed or has been diagnosed as being other than of benign musculoskeletal origin.
• Tension myositis syndrome. Osteoporosis with compression fractures. Congenital deformity of spine. Current active chronic pain disease. Cancer or cancer treatment in the past 6 months. Use of the following analgesics within 7 days of study onset - paracetamol, acetominophen, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), compound analgesics, topical analgesics.
• Use of the following muscle relaxants within the prior 30 days of study onset - cyclobenzaprine, diazepam, meprobamate.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neck Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: opaque sealed envelop
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: principle investigator Dina Ahmed Ahmed Asr

Model Details: Acupoint Focused Ultrasound and Laserpuncture

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 11, 2023
• First Posted: March 23, 2023
• Study Start: March 30, 2023
• Primary Completion: May 30, 2023
• Study Completion: May 30, 2023
• Last Updated: March 23, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03