Comparison Between Soft Tissue Mobilization and Strengthening Exercises in Management of Local Neck Syndrome

Comparison Between Soft Tissue Mobilization and Strengthening Exercises in Management of Local Neck Syndrome

A single-blinded, parallel-group randomized controlled trial was conducted at the national institute of rehabilitation medicine, Pakistan, from April to July 2016, on 30 females who were recruited through non-probability convenient sampling technique and randomly allocated to the experimental and control group.

The experimental group received STM and neck isometric strengthening exercises, whereas the control group received neck isometrics strengthening exercises only. Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) was used to assess the pain intensity, while Neck Disability Index (NDI) was used to assess the neck-related disability. The data was collected pre-, during, and post-intervention. Repeated measure analysis of variance (RM ANOVA) was used to analyze within the group changes, while independent t-test was used to analyze the differences between the groups. Data were analyzed by using SPSS version 21.

This study describes the comparative effectiveness of STM when used as adjunct to strengthening exercises and when strengthening exercises are used alone for the management of TNS. According to the results of this study, STM in combination with neck isometric strengthening exercises as well as exercises alone were effective for managing neck pain and functional disability when a comparison was made within the groups.

Inclusion Criteria

:• Age above 30 and below 75 years

• Patients having local neck pain included
• Female included
• With chronic neck syndrome (> month)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age below 30 and more than 75 years
• Patients having radiating pain excluded
• Male excluded.
• With acute neck syndrome (< 3 month)