Manual therapy versus therapeutic exercise in non-specific chronic neck pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The underlying mechanisms of non-specific chronic neck pain relapses are not clear, but they could be associated with a deficit and alteration of neck muscles propioception that play a decisive role in cervical joint position, motor control of the head, and postural stability. Numerous treatments for non-specific chronic neck pain have been described in the scientific literature. However, few studies analyze its influence on postural stability, since these alterations are not fully described, and various theories emerge about the reasons that cause it. Our primary aim is to analyze the differences in postural stability, pain, cervical disability, and the relation between them produced by a treatment based on manual therapy and another based on therapeutic exercise.

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SUBMITTER: Bernal-Utrera C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6688373 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature