Application of the McKenzie system of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) in patients with shoulder pain; a prospective longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The primary objective was to determine if the pain and function response to the McKenzie system of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) differs by MDT classification category at two and four weeks following the start of MDT treatment for shoulder complaints. The secondary objective was to describe the frequency of discharge over time by MDT classification.

Methods

International, MDT-trained study collaborators recruited 93 patients attending physiotherapy for rehabilitation of a shoulder problem. The Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and the Upper Extremity Functional Index (UEFI) were collected at the initial assessment and two and four weeks after treatment commenced. A two-way mixed model analysis of variance with planned pairwise comparisons was performed to

SUBMITTER: Heidar Abady A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5810777 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature