Neck PainNCT06817135
Effect of Scapular Stabilization Exercise on Breastfeeding Women with Non-specific Neck Pain
A study testing scapular stabilization exercises, Muscle Energy Technique and Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic. in people with Neck Pain, run by Saadyya Ahmed Abdalhamed Aladawi at 1 site in Egypt.
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether scapular stabilization exercises can help breastfeeding women with non-specific neck pain by reducing their neck pain, cervical range of motion, and neck disability index. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 35 years, women only
- Conditions the study is for
- Neck Pain
- What is being tested?
- scapular stabilization exercises, Muscle Energy Technique and Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic.
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 30 participants
- Where
- 1 siteEgypt
- Study dates
- 1 Jun 2024to 1 Jun 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 35 years
- Women only
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- exclusive breastfeeding mothers with immediate to 6-month-old infants.
- The bilateral cradle position is employed by patients when nursing.
- Patients had mechanical neck pain.
- Patients with a body mass index below 30 kg/m²
- Patients have moderate pain intensity, ranging from 3 to 7 on the visual analogue scale
- The patients' scores on the Neck Disability Index ranged from 10 to 40 out of 50.
Who cannot join
- Patients had preterm babies or low-birth-weight babies.
- pregnant patients
- Patients had postpartum complications.
- Patients had inflammation, infection, severe degeneration, congenital deformity, and trauma.
- Patients had sensory abnormalities or a positive motor reflex.
- Patients had cancer, metabolic, or systemic diseases.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Egypt1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Faculty of Physical Therapy/ Cairo University
Giza, Dokki, 12613
Saadyya A. Aladawi, Asst Lect, 0020116364807, dr.saadyya@gmail.com
About this study
The purpose of this study is to determine whether scapular stabilization exercises can help breastfeeding women with non-specific neck pain by reducing their neck pain, cervical range of motion, and neck disability index.
Read the detailed description
The best infant feeding practice is breastfeeding, which has both immediate and long-term advantages for mothers, babies, the environment, the economy, and society as a whole. Mothers who are nursing frequently experience neck pain. Because the scapula and neck are closely related, scapular stabilization is becoming more and more popular for patients with neck pain.
- Conditions
- Neck Pain
- Being tested
- scapular stabilization exercises, Muscle Energy Technique, Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic.
- Keywords
- scapular stabilization exercise, Breast feeding women
- Medical subject headings
- Neck Pain
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
scapular stabilization exercisesOther
Cools exercise using the Thera-Band, including sidelying external rotation, side-lying forward flexion, prone horizontal abduction with external rotation, and prone extension exercises to promote lower trapezius and middle trapezius activity with minimal activation of the upper trapezius part.
Muscle Energy TechniqueOther
Also called Autogenic Inhibition, Post Isometric Relaxation
Muscle Energy Technique for the 1.sternocleidomastoid 2. levator scapulae 3. upper trapezius 4. pectoralis major Through mild isometric contractions, it uses the intrinsic energy of a muscle to lengthen it and induce relaxation through autogenic inhibition.
Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic.Other
The patients sit with their backs supported with pillows. Don't lean over the infant. Keep the arms supported and feet on the ground.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| control group | Active comparator | Got a standard physical therapy program, muscle energy technique for (sternocleidomastoid, elevator scapulae, upper trapezius and pectoralis major) and advice Receives: Other: Muscle Energy Technique; Other: Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic. |
| Experimental group | Experimental | got the same conventional physical therapy program plus scapular stabilization exercises. Receives: Other: scapular stabilization exercises; Other: Muscle Energy Technique; Other: Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
functional neck disability
The Arabic version of the Neck Disability Index Questionnaire (NDI) is used to assess the functional neck disability. It consists of 10 items; each item scores from 0 to 5, where a score of 0 indicates no limitation and a score of 5 indicates maximum limitation.
Measured: at beginning of the study and after four weeks of treatment
neck pain intensity
The Visual Analog Scale VAS was used to assess neck pain intensity for both groups at the beginning of the study and after four weeks of treatment. It is a 10 cm line. 0 means no paint and 10 means maximum pain and the patient chooses a point on the line which reflects the pain
Measured: at beginning of the study and after four weeks of treatment
Secondary outcomes (2)
pressure pain threshold
The local pressure pain threshold over the upper trapezius was measured using a pressure algometer. It is a portable digital algometer that responds linearly to force applications between 0 and 1300 kPa, or roughly 0 and 14 kg. With a 1-cm² circular rubber tip, the device measures the maximum force applied before the subject verbally indicates that the pain threshold has been reached.
Measured: at beginning of the study and after four weeks of treatment
cervical range of motion
The cervical range of motion (flexion, extension, lateral flexion (Rt \& Lt), and rotation (Rt \& Lt)) is measured with a universal goniometer.
Measured: at beginning of the study and after four weeks of treatment
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted10 Feb 2025
- Study start1 Jun 2024
- Primary completion1 Mar 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion1 Jun 2025 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (2)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Neck PainStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- The control group got the standard physical therapy program, muscle energy technique for the sternocleidomastoid, elevator scapulae, upper trapezius, and pectoralis major, and advice, while the experimental group got the same conventional physical therapy program in addition to scapular stabilization exercises.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Saadyya Ahmed Abdalhamed Aladawi
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, Saadyya Ahmed Abdalhamed Aladawi, Cairo University
- Investigators
- Prof. Dr. Amel M. Yousef, Prof., Principal investigator, Cairo University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06817135
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- scapular stabilization ex.
- Status last verified
- Feb 2025
- First submitted
- 5 Feb 2025
- Last updated
- 12 Feb 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Publications
Abd El-Azeim AS, Mahmoud AG, Mohamed MT, El-Khateeb YS. Impact of adding scapular stabilization to postural correctional exercises on symptomatic forward head posture: a randomized controlled trial. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Oct;58(5):757-766. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.22.07361-0. Epub 2022 Jun 8.
PubMed 35673945Nitayarak H, Charntaraviroj P. Effects of scapular stabilization exercises on posture and muscle imbalances in women with upper crossed syndrome: A randomized controlled trial. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2021;34(6):1031-1040. doi: 10.3233/BMR-200088.
PubMed 34151819
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 12 Feb 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effect of Scapular Stabilization Exercise on Breastfeeding Women with Non-specific Neck Pain
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06817135
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- scapular stabilization ex.
- Conditions
- Neck Pain
- Keywords
- scapular stabilization exercise, Breast feeding women
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 30 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Saadyya Ahmed Abdalhamed AladawiUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Jun 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Mar 2025 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 1 Jun 2025 (estimated)
- First posted
- 10 Feb 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether scapular stabilization exercises can help breastfeeding women with non-specific neck pain by reducing their neck pain, cervical range of motion, and neck disability index.
Detailed description
The best infant feeding practice is breastfeeding, which has both immediate and long-term advantages for mothers, babies, the environment, the economy, and society as a whole. Mothers who are nursing frequently experience neck pain. Because the scapula and neck are closely related, scapular stabilization is becoming more and more popular for patients with neck pain.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- The control group got the standard physical therapy program, muscle energy technique for the sternocleidomastoid, elevator scapulae, upper trapezius, and pectoralis major, and advice, while the experimental group got the same conventional physical therapy program in addition to scapular stabilization exercises.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| control group | Active comparator | Other: Muscle Energy Technique, Other: Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic.Got a standard physical therapy program, muscle energy technique for (sternocleidomastoid, elevator scapulae, upper trapezius and pectoralis major) and advice |
| Experimental group | Experimental | Other: scapular stabilization exercises, Other: Muscle Energy Technique, Other: Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic.got the same conventional physical therapy program plus scapular stabilization exercises. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 35 years
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (6 listed)
- exclusive breastfeeding mothers with immediate to 6-month-old infants.
- The bilateral cradle position is employed by patients when nursing.
- Patients had mechanical neck pain.
- Patients with a body mass index below 30 kg/m²
- Patients have moderate pain intensity, ranging from 3 to 7 on the visual analogue scale
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Patients had preterm babies or low-birth-weight babies.
- pregnant patients
- Patients had postpartum complications.
- Patients had inflammation, infection, severe degeneration, congenital deformity, and trauma.
- Patients had sensory abnormalities or a positive motor reflex.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| scapular stabilization exercisesCools exercise using the Thera-Band, including sidelying external rotation, side-lying forward flexion, prone horizontal abduction with external rotation, and prone extension exercises to promote lower trapezius and middle trapezius activity with minimal activation of the upper trapezius part. | Other | Experimental group |
| Muscle Energy TechniqueAlso: Autogenic Inhibition, Post Isometric RelaxationMuscle Energy Technique for the 1.sternocleidomastoid 2. levator scapulae 3. upper trapezius 4. pectoralis major Through mild isometric contractions, it uses the intrinsic energy of a muscle to lengthen it and induce relaxation through autogenic inhibition. | Other | Experimental group, control group |
| Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic.The patients sit with their backs supported with pillows. Don't lean over the infant. Keep the arms supported and feet on the ground. | Other | Experimental group, control group |
Primary outcome
functional neck disability
Time frame: at beginning of the study and after four weeks of treatment
The Arabic version of the Neck Disability Index Questionnaire (NDI) is used to assess the functional neck disability. It consists of 10 items; each item scores from 0 to 5, where a score of 0 indicates no limitation and a score of 5 indicates maximum limitation.
neck pain intensity
Time frame: at beginning of the study and after four weeks of treatment
The Visual Analog Scale VAS was used to assess neck pain intensity for both groups at the beginning of the study and after four weeks of treatment. It is a 10 cm line. 0 means no paint and 10 means maximum pain and the patient chooses a point on the line which reflects the pain
2 secondary outcomes
pressure pain threshold
Time frame: at beginning of the study and after four weeks of treatment
cervical range of motion
Time frame: at beginning of the study and after four weeks of treatment
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 12 Feb 2025.
- Background: PubMed 35673945Abd El-Azeim AS, Mahmoud AG, Mohamed MT, El-Khateeb YS. Impact of adding scapular stabilization to postural correctional exercises on symptomatic forward head posture: a randomized controlled trial. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2022 Oct;58(5):757-766. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.22.07361-0. Epub 2022 Jun 8.
- Background: PubMed 34151819Nitayarak H, Charntaraviroj P. Effects of scapular stabilization exercises on posture and muscle imbalances in women with upper crossed syndrome: A randomized controlled trial. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2021;34(6):1031-1040. doi: 10.3233/BMR-200088.
- Combined effect of graded Thera-Band and scapular stabilization exercises on shoulder adhesive capsulitis post-mastectomy.Link provided by the sponsor.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Prof. Dr. Amel M. Yousef, Prof. principal investigator
Cairo University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing scapular stabilization exercises, Muscle Energy Technique and Advice about the right the breastfeeding ergonomic. in people with Neck Pain, run by Saadyya Ahmed Abdalhamed Aladawi at 1 site in Egypt.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Feb 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Egypt. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Saadyya A. Abdalhamed Aladawi, Asst Lect (00201116364807, dr.saadyya@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
functional neck disability (time frame: at beginning of the study and after four weeks of treatment). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06817135, which also lists 2 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Feb 2025.