Effectiveness of Thoracic Manipulation on the Treatment of Patients With Mechanical Non-Specific Neck Pain
Introduction: Non-specific mechanical neck pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint that is generally treated conservatively using electro/thermal therapeutic agents, exercise, soft tissue techniques, and manual therapy. In this review, we evaluated the effectiveness of Thoracic Manipulation (TM)...
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doaj-8fcd1e78c5f740a5a8ae499ca24453c32020-11-25T04:02:59ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Modern Rehabilitation2538-385X2538-38682017-07-0110410.18869/nirp.jmr.10.4.145Effectiveness of Thoracic Manipulation on the Treatment of Patients With Mechanical Non-Specific Neck PainMaryam Abbaszadeh-Amirdehi0Setareh Mirasi1Hadi Salehi2Gholamreza Olyaei3Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.BSc., Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.BSc., Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Introduction: Non-specific mechanical neck pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint that is generally treated conservatively using electro/thermal therapeutic agents, exercise, soft tissue techniques, and manual therapy. In this review, we evaluated the effectiveness of Thoracic Manipulation (TM) compared to cervical manipulations, multi-level TM with single-level TM, and TM with other interventions such as electro/thermal therapy and exercise. Material and Methods: PubMed, Google scholar and PEDro database were searched from inception until May 2016 by the following keywords: “neck pain”, “thoracic manipulation”, “physical therapy treatment”, “cervical manipulation”, and different combinations. Quality of the included studies were evaluated using physiotherapy evidence database [PEDro] scale. Results: A total of 15 studies out of 47 based on PEDro score were included in this review. All studies measured pain intensity as a parameter indicating effectiveness of interventions, 9 studies measured disability as a key outcome and used either NDI or NPQ for its assessment. Conclusion: Thoracic manipulation is equally effective as cervical manipulation in reduction of pain and improving function. Thoracic manipulation is also more effective than electrotherapy or exercise therapy alone. When combined with multimodal neck program, thoracic manipulation for patients with neck pain significantly improves function and reduces pain intensity. https://jmr.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmr/article/view/55Non-specific neck painCervical manipulationThoracic manipulation |
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Maryam Abbaszadeh-Amirdehi Setareh Mirasi Hadi Salehi Gholamreza Olyaei Effectiveness of Thoracic Manipulation on the Treatment of Patients With Mechanical Non-Specific Neck Pain Journal of Modern Rehabilitation Non-specific neck pain Cervical manipulation Thoracic manipulation |
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Maryam Abbaszadeh-Amirdehi Setareh Mirasi Hadi Salehi Gholamreza Olyaei |
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Effectiveness of Thoracic Manipulation on the Treatment of Patients With Mechanical Non-Specific Neck Pain |
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Effectiveness of Thoracic Manipulation on the Treatment of Patients With Mechanical Non-Specific Neck Pain |
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Effectiveness of Thoracic Manipulation on the Treatment of Patients With Mechanical Non-Specific Neck Pain |
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Effectiveness of Thoracic Manipulation on the Treatment of Patients With Mechanical Non-Specific Neck Pain |
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Effectiveness of Thoracic Manipulation on the Treatment of Patients With Mechanical Non-Specific Neck Pain |
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effectiveness of thoracic manipulation on the treatment of patients with mechanical non-specific neck pain |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences |
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Journal of Modern Rehabilitation |
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2538-385X 2538-3868 |
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Introduction: Non-specific mechanical neck pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint that is generally treated conservatively using electro/thermal therapeutic agents, exercise, soft tissue techniques, and manual therapy. In this review, we evaluated the effectiveness of Thoracic Manipulation (TM) compared to cervical manipulations, multi-level TM with single-level TM, and TM with other interventions such as electro/thermal therapy and exercise.
Material and Methods: PubMed, Google scholar and PEDro database were searched from inception until May 2016 by the following keywords: “neck pain”, “thoracic manipulation”, “physical therapy treatment”, “cervical manipulation”, and different combinations. Quality of the included studies were evaluated using physiotherapy evidence database [PEDro] scale.
Results: A total of 15 studies out of 47 based on PEDro score were included in this review. All studies measured pain intensity as a parameter indicating effectiveness of interventions, 9 studies measured disability as a key outcome and used either NDI or NPQ for its assessment.
Conclusion: Thoracic manipulation is equally effective as cervical manipulation in reduction of pain and improving function. Thoracic manipulation is also more effective than electrotherapy or exercise therapy alone. When combined with multimodal neck program, thoracic manipulation for patients with neck pain significantly improves function and reduces pain intensity.
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