• Leonardo Gregorio Antúnez Sánchez, María de la Casa Almeida, Jesús Rebollo Roldán, Antonio Ramírez Manzano, Rocío Martín Valero, and Carmen Suárez Serrano.
• Centro de Especialidades Dr. Fleming, Área sanitaria Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, España.
• Aten Primaria. 2017 Aug 1; 49 (7): 417425417-425.

ObjectiveTo compare the efficacy in reducing neck pain and disability in an individualised physiotherapy treatment with group treatment in acute and subacute mechanical neck pain.DesignRandomised clinical trial.LocationHealth Area of University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain.ParticipantsA total of 90 patients diagnosed with mechanical neck pain of up to one month onset, distributed randomly into two groups: (i)individualised treatment; (ii)group treatment.InterventionThe treatment consisted of 15 sessions of about 60minutes for both groups. Individual treatment consisted of 15minutes of infrared heat therapy, 17minutes of massage, and analytical passive stretching of the trapezius muscles and angle of the scapula. The group treatment consisted of a program of active mobilisation, isometric contractions, self-stretching, and postural recommendations.Main MeasuresPain was measured at the beginning and end of treatment pain using a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and an algometer applied on the trapezius muscles and angle of the scapula, and neck disability using the Neck Disability Index.ResultsBoth treatments were statistically significant (P<.001) in improving all variables. Statistically significant differences (P<.001) were found for all of them in favour of individualised treatment compared to group treatment.ConclusionsPatients with acute or subacute mechanical neck pain experienced an improvement in pain and neck disability after receiving either of the physiotherapy treatments used in our study, with the individual treatment being more effective than collective.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.

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