A randomised controlled trial of preventive spinal manipulation with and without a home exercise program for patients with chronic neck pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence indicates that supervised home exercises, combined or not with manual therapy, can be beneficial for patients with non-specific chronic neck pain (NCNP). The objective of the study is to investigate the efficacy of preventive spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) compared to a no treatment group in NCNP patients. Another objective is to assess the efficacy of SMT with and without a home exercise program.

Methods

Ninety-eight patients underwent a short symptomatic phase of treatment before being randomly allocated to either an attention-group (n = 29), a SMT group (n = 36) or a SMT + exercise group (n = 33). The preventive phase of treatment, which lasted for 10 months, consisted of meeting with a chiropractor every two months to evaluate and discuss symptoms

SUBMITTER: Martel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3045999 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature