Effect of SNAGs and Scapular Mobilizations in Patients With Scapulocostal Syndrome (NCT06656182) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Effect of SNAGs and Scapular Mobilizations in Patients With Scapulocostal Syndrome
Pakistan36 participantsStarted 2024-05-01
Plain-language summary
To determine the impact of SNAGs and Scapular mobilizations on pain, cervical and shoulder Range of motion and functional outcomes in individuals with Scapulocostal Syndrome.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 40 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Age- 18 to 40 years.
* Male and female both
* Nonspecific neck pain with a duration of greater than 3 months
* No pain reproduction on isometric muscle testing in shoulder.
* Patients who could not achieve 60 degrees of upward rotation when elevating the arms above the head i.e. presence of scapular dyskinesia
* pain with a referral pattern while receiving manual pressure of at least 3 points on the medial scapular muscles (levator scapulae, rhomboid major, rhomboid minor, and serratus posterior superior) evaluated through Travels and Simon criteria.
* Discomfort, pain, or limitations in neck extension, neck rotation bilaterally, shoulder forward flexion, shoulder abduction attributed to SCS.
* Willing to provide informed consent to participate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Musculoskeletal pathologies affecting the cervical spine or lower extremities (e.g., herniated disc, cervical radiculopathy, cervical stenosis, shoulder labral tear).
* history of degenerative shoulder joint disease
* rotator cuff dysfunction
* Thoracic outlet syndrome
* Brachial neuralgia
* shoulder impingement syndrome
* adhesive capsulitis
* Pregnant individuals due to potential discomfort.
* Open wounds, infections, or skin conditions at pain site.