Efficacy of Neural Mobilization and Cervical Stabilization in Cervicobrachial Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the efficacy of neural mobilization technique in cervicobrachial pain. To analyze the
efficacy of cervical stabilization exercise in cervicobrachial pain
Background of the Study: Cervical radiculopathy is a pathological process of involving the cervical
nerve root as a result of compression and inflammation of the nerve root near the cervical neural foramen.
Cervicobrachial pain syndrome is term that describes pain and stiffness of the cervical spine with symptoms
in the shoulder girdle and upper extremity.
Methodology: This was conducted in the Outpatients Physiotherapy department in ACS medical college and
hospitals. Group A Received Neural mobilization technique and Group B Cervical stabilization exercise for
12 weeks. Pre and post-test taken by using primary outcome measure such as Pain DETECT Questionnaire,
Disability of arm shoulder and hand DASH Questionnaire, Fear avoidance beliefs Questionnaire and cervical
ROM.
Results: The comparison revealed that neural mobilization group A had a great increase in cervical range of
motion flexion and extension (P ? 0.001), Decreasing pain intensity (P ? 0.001) and also shows significant
decrease in the neural mobilization (P ? 0.001) than the cervical stabilization exercise. The significant
difference between Group A seems to be more effective than Group B.