Materials and methods
radiculopathy, trauma
DISEASE, RADICULOPATHY, STRETCHES
The randomized clinical trial (parallel group design) was conducted at Riphah Rehabilitation Centre, Lahore, Pakistan. After obtaining the ethical approval from the institutional ethics committee with a reference number of REC/RCR & AHS/22/0102. This study was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT05272111 on date 09/03/2022. The sample size of 52 was calculated after adding a 10% attrition rate using the epitool sample size calculator with a 5% variance and 95% confidence interval [Participants with a history of a recent surgery (3 months prior), neck trauma, systemic or soft tissue disease, pregnancy, radiculopathy and neck instability were excluded from the study. Both groups, A and B, received a three-week treatment session with three sessions per week on alternate days and the same baseline treatment therapy of 10 min hot pack, neck isometrics, and neck stretches in all planes.