Mulligan Mobilization & Stretching Effects of Cervical

Launched by RIPHAH INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · Jun 23, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying whether a special type of hands-on therapy called Mulligan mobilization, combined with stretching exercises, can help people who have cervical radiculopathy. This condition causes neck pain that can travel down the arm, often due to pressure on nerves in the neck. The study aims to see if these treatments can reduce pain, improve movement, and decrease difficulties in daily activities caused by this condition.

People aged 20 to 50 who have neck pain radiating to the arm and show specific signs during certain physical tests may be eligible to join. Participants should be willing to receive treatment and not have other serious health problems like heart or lung disease, shoulder issues, or previous neck surgeries. If accepted, participants will receive the Mulligan mobilization therapy and stretching exercises, and researchers will track how these treatments affect their pain, movement, and ability to function. The study is not yet recruiting, but it hopes to provide helpful information on managing cervical radiculopathy more effectively.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Participants falling in this category would be recruited into the study.
• • Both genders
• • Age between 20-50 years
• • Subjects with neck pain radiating down to the arm
• • Patients with positive findings for spurling test, Upper Limb Tension Test (ULTT), cervical distraction test and cervical rotation test towards the symptomatic side
• • Subjects who were willing to participate in the study and willing to take treatment for cervical radiculopathy.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Participant failing to fall in this category would be excluded of the study.
• • Systemic disease potentially affecting the musculoskeletal system Patients experiencing primary shoulder or upper extremity problem of local origin
• • Patients with any cardiovascular disorders and respiratory disorders
• • Patients with any other pathological conditions involving cervical spine like vertebro basilar insufficiency and canal stenosis
• • Patients having osteophytes in cervical vertebrae
• • Patients who were undergoing treatment for neck pain with other means of physiotherapy at the time of the study
• • Hypermobile joints of cervical vertebrae, Cervical fractures, spinal surgery or other spinal pathologies (i.e. ankylosing spondylitis, spondylolysthesis)
• • Peripheral nerve lesions like neurotemesis and axonotemesis