Hypoalgesic Effect of Neural Mobilization Versus Ibuprofen Pharmacologic Treatment

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2015-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectivity of Median Nerve Neural Mobilization and oral Ibuprofen in treating patients who suffer cervicobrachial pain

• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Europea de Madrid
• Treatments: Ibuprofen

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of cervicobrachial pain confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging

• Presence of unilateral symptoms of arm pain, paresthesia or numbness in the upper extremity during at least 3 continuous months previous to the application of treatment.

• Positive results in all of the following tests: Spurling, Distraction, and Upper Limb

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contraindication in the use of nonsteroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)

• The use of any type of treatment, therapy, procedure or drug to relieve pain

• Patients who are under anticonvulsant, antidepressant or psychotropic medication

• Vertebral instability

• Vertebral osteoporosis

• Vertebral or spine infection.

• Neurologic diseases of genetic, infectious or neoplastic origin

• Cervical stenosis myelopathy

• Pregnancy

• Kinesiophobia

• Endocrine disorders and menopause

• History of spine surgery

• Intellectual disability, severe mental illness, intoxication, severe sleep deprivation, Alzheimer's disease.