Effect of cervical disc prolapse on degree of pain, electrical activity and some physical variables of muscles working in neck movement for adult men

Abstract EN

Objective: to evaluate the negative effects resulting from cervical disc prolapse through measuring the degree of pain and knowing the differences between healthy and diseased, measuring the range of motion, muscular strength and electrical activity and knowing the differences between healthy and diseased.

Methodology : the researcher used the comparative causative method on a sample of 40 individuals divided into two groups one include 20 diseased and one include 20 healthy subjects in the age group from 30-55 years, the researcher used the visual analogue scale (VAS) to measure the degree of pain, flex meter to measure range of motion of neck, rest meter to measure height in centimeter, weight balance to measure weight in kilogram, designed tonometer by the researcher to measure muscular strength in kilograms, the electrical activity of neck muscles are measured by Nero back model HEB-534 L 2 channels.

Results : there was a statistically significant difference in the degree of pain in favor of the diseased group with intensity 78.5 % , also a statistically significant differences in range of motion front, back, right and left rotation, right and left flexion in favor of healthy, statistically significant differences in muscular strength in flexion, extension and right and left rotation in favor of healthy group, statistically significant differences in electrical activity of muscles working during right and left rotation, front flexion and back extension in favor of the experimental group and the previous statistically significance At 0.05 with d.f 38.

Conclusions & Recommendations : this indicates the great negative effects in cervical disc prolapse group.

the researchers recommends using these measurements to evaluate the cases of cervical disc prolapse and early detection of it, also conducting more studies on different age groups, conducting a study to design comprehensive therapeutic program for cervical disc prolapse to eliminate its negative effects and avoiding the surgical intervention.