A Study to compare the effect of Muscle energy technique and Positional release technique on Pain and cervical ROM in patients with chronic upper trapezitis

Dr. Saloni Thaker; Dr. Yagnik Dave; Dr. Sheetal Patel

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

A Study to compare the effect of Muscle energy technique and Positional release technique on Pain and cervical ROM in patients with chronic upper trapezitis

Dr. Saloni Thaker, Dr. Yagnik Dave, Dr. Sheetal Patel

Abstract :

Background: Mechanical neck pain is a common disabling condition in today�s technological era. Due to constant flexion of neck for reading, writing or typing the postural muscles of neck like upper trapezius & levator scapulae tend to go for shortening which leads to pain and restricted range of motion. Aims and objectives: The objective of the study is to compare the effect of muscle energy technique and positional release technique on pain and active cervical range of motion in patients with chronic upper trapezitis. Methods: The study was conducted on 30 patients with mechanical neck pain of age 20–40 years were randomly selected as per inclusion and exclusion criteria and randomly divided into group A and group B which consist of 15 subjects in each group. Group A was treated with Muscle Energy Technique with conventional treatment which consisted of Ultrasound and Trapezius stretching and Group B was treated with Positional Release Technique with conventional treatment. The outcome measures were ROM and VAS taken prior to and at the end of six treatment sessions (6 times/week). Results: Data were analyzed by SPSS statistics 20.0 software. The results revealed that the Group A (MET) showed significant improvement in VAS (Visual Analogue Scale)(t =20.4, p<0.05), and Active cervical ROM (Range of Motion)score (t = –11.8, p<0.05) and Group B (PRT) did not showed significant improvement in VAS (t =9.461, p<0.05), and Active cervical ROM score (t= –10.07, p<0.05). Also, between group comparison revealed significant difference between the two techniques in VAS (t =–9.544, p>0.05), and Active cervical ROM score (t =–12.757, p>0.05) in subjects with chronic upper trapezitis. Conclusion: It can be concluded that Muscle energy technique (MET) is an effective option in the treatment of chronic upper trapezitis.