Simple muscle moves could ease your aching neck
NCT ID NCT07328256
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two muscle techniques—post-isometric relaxation and post-isometric stretching—for reducing chronic neck pain. Forty adults with neck pain will receive standard treatments (TENS and heat) plus one of the techniques over five sessions. Researchers will measure pain, neck movement, and disability to see which technique works better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Post-isometric relaxation and post-isometric stretching (muscle techniques)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, drug-free way to reduce neck pain and improve movement.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 40 people, so results may not apply to everyone. The techniques are generally safe, but individual responses vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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19 to 44 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: • Age ranging from 19-44 years old * Both gender * With sub-acute or chronic neck pain for at least 4 to 12 weeks * Pain intensity on NPRS ranging 4-8 * Limitation on neck movement Exclusion Criteria: * • Positive history of fracture * Surgery in the cervical region * Any sort of physical trauma in the cervical region in the last 12 months * Thoracic Outlet syndrome * Cervical radiculopathy * Cervical myelopathy * Cervical spondylosis * Cervical syringomyelia * Any systemic disorder including malignancy or inflammatory and rheumatic disorders * Infection * Vascular syndromes such as vertebrobasilar insufficiency (VBI).
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Foundation University College of Physical Therapy
RECRUITINGIslamabad, Punjab Province, 46000, Pakistan
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