NCT04168476: ULNT1

Effectiveness of Scapula Mobilization on Mechanosensitivity of Upper Limb Neural Test 1 in Mechanical Neck Pain

Completed NA Last updated 19 October 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Interscapular muscle release or scapular mobilization technique as described by Travell and Simons. in Neck Pain in 60 participants. Completed in 27 February 2020.

Timeline

1 December 2019

Primary endpoint
1 January 2020

27 February 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Aitor Vaquero Garrido
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	60
Start date	1 December 2019
Primary completion	1 January 2020
Estimated completion	27 February 2020
Sites	1 location across Spain

Drugs / interventions tested

• Interscapular muscle release or scapular mobilization technique as described by Travell and Simons.
• Calcaneus abduction and adduction mobilization technique

Conditions studied

• Neck Pain — all drugs for Neck Pain →
• Musculoskeletal Diseases — all drugs for Musculoskeletal Diseases →

Sponsor

Aitor Vaquero Garrido

Who can join

Adults 22 to 79, any sex, with Neck Pain or Musculoskeletal Diseases. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Between 45% and 70% of the general population suffers neck pain at some point in their lives, making it one of the most frequent reasons for taking sick leave. Given its importance in physiotherapy at clinical level, we seek to observe how a scapular mobilization technique might influence the neural mechanosensitivity of the median nerve as measured by Upper Limb Neural Test 1 (ULNT1) on subjects with neck pain.

Hypotheses and objectives. Performing a scapular mobilization technique on subjects with neck pain and a positive ULNT1 improves the patient's response to said test. It also decreases the patient's neck pain as measured using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain and increases grip strength.

Material and method. A single-blind clinical trial was performed on subjects randomly assigned to either a treatment group or control group. The sample consisted of 60 subjects (N = 60) -30 in the treatment group (n = 30) and the other 30 as a control (n = 30) -and was made up of patients with neck pain and a positive ULNT1. A scapular mobilization was performed on the first group and on the second, a calcaneus abduction adduction on the opposite side from the positive ULNT1 as a placebo.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.