COMPARE THE EFFECTS OF STRENGTHENING EXERCISES WITH AND WITHOUT SOFT TISSUE MOBILIZATION FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF TENSION NECK SYNDROME IN FEMALES: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Background: Tension neck syndrome (TNS) is a prevalent condition worldwide. Soft tissue mobilization and strengthening exercises are used in physiotherapeutic rehabilitation of the musculoskeletal disorders. Objective: To compare effects with without soft (STM) for pain disability reduction females TNS. Methods: A single-blinded, parallel-group randomized controlled trial was conducted at National Institute Rehabilitation Medicine, Pakistan, from April to July 2016. total n=30 females, aged 30-70 years, were recruited through non-probability convenient sampling technique randomly allocated experimental control group. The group received STM isometric exercises, whereas only. Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) assess intensity, while Neck Disability Index (NDI) neck-related disability. data collected baseline, after 4th session 8th session. repeated measure analysis variance (RM ANOVA) analyse within changes, independent t-test differences between groups. analysed by using SPSS version 21.Results: mean age study participants 47.9 ± 8.95 years. Within groups’ changes showed that individual items NDI its score significant improvement both groups baseline (p £ 0.05). After session, more 0.05) intensity as compared Conclusions: when combined effective than alone reducing tension syndrome. Keywords: Management, pain, physical therapy, mobilization, strength training