The purpose of the study is to assess the biomechanical risk factors for neck pain in pregnant women.
Eligibility
Sex
FEMALE
Min age
20 Years
Max age
35 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Pregnant women in their third trimester suffering from cervical pain.
* They have experienced cervical pain starting during pregnancy.
* They reported no neck pain or neck-related disorders during the previous year and were screened for the absence of cervical pathology during a physical examination.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Objective signs of structural pathology on physical examination, including but not limited to shoulder bursitis, impingement, tendonitis, fracture, cervical nerve or disc impairment, radiculopathy, or loss of upper extremity sensory or motor function.
* Acute injury of the neck or shoulders (\<12 weeks before the study).
* History of fibromyalgia or musculoskeletal pain present in more than 4 body regions concurrently.
* Self-reported systemic illness, including cancer, rheumatic, cardiovascular, or neurological disease
* Untreated psychiatric condition
* Previous surgery involving the cervical spine or shoulders
* Uncontrolled hypertension (resting systolic blood pressure \>150 mm Hg, or diastolic blood pressure \>90 mm Hg).
Primary outcome measure(s)
Pain intensity — 2 months The VAS will be used to assess cervical pain for each pregnant woman. It is a pain rating scale, whose scores are based on self-reported measures of symptoms that are recorded with a single handwritten mark placed at one point along the length of a 10-cm line that represents a continuum between the two ends of the scale-"no pain" on the left end (0 cm) of the scale and "worst pain" on the right end of the scale (10 cm).
Measurement of trigger points — 2 months Pressure algometer will be used to assess the trigger points of the neck muscles of each pregnant woman in the study.
It will be placed perpendicularly to the fibers of the upper trapezius muscle, bilaterally, exactly over the myofascial trigger points. These points were pressed until the pain is reported, and the value displayed on the equipment's display will be recorded in kg/cm2.
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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