Efficacy of manipulation for non-specific neck pain of recent onset: design of a randomised controlled trial |
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Authors: | Andrew M Leaver Kathryn M Refshauge Christopher G Maher Jane Latimer Rob D Herbert Gwendolen Jull James H McAuley |
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Affiliation: | (1) Back Pain Research Group, Discipline of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, PO Box 170, Lidcombe, NSW, 1825, Australia;(2) Division of Physiotherapy, University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld, 4072, Australia |
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Abstract: | Background Manipulation is a common treatment for non-specific neck pain. Neck manipulation, unlike gentler forms of manual therapy such as mobilisation, is associated with a small risk of serious neurovascular injury and can result in stroke or death. It is thought however, that neck manipulation provides better results than mobilisation where clinically indicated. There is long standing and vigorous debate both within and between the professions that use neck manipulation as well as the wider scientific community as to whether neck manipulation potentially does more harm than good. The primary aim of this study is to determine whether neck manipulation provides more rapid resolution of an episode of neck pain than mobilisation. |
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