Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
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J Manipulative Physiol Ther · Mar 2007
ReviewChronic mechanical neck pain in adults treated by manual therapy: a systematic review of change scores in randomized clinical trials.
This study provides a systematic analysis of group change scores in randomized clinical trials of chronic neck pain not due to whiplash and not including headache or arm pain treated with manual therapy. ⋯ There is moderate- to high-quality evidence that subjects with chronic neck pain not due to whiplash and without arm pain and headaches show clinically important improvements from a course of spinal manipulation or mobilization at 6, 12, and up to 104 weeks posttreatment. The current evidence does not support a similar level of benefit from massage.
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J Manipulative Physiol Ther · Mar 2007
Case ReportsTwenty-year-old pathogenic "active" postsurgical scar: a case study of a patient with persistent right lower quadrant pain.
This case study describes a patient with persistent right lower quadrant and low back pain who experienced relief after manual mobilization techniques of an old appendectomy scar. ⋯ Assessment and treatment of "active" scar tissue may comprise an important component of the management of locomotor dysfunction and associated pain syndromes.
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J Manipulative Physiol Ther · Mar 2007
Clinical TrialInfluence of posture on the range of axial rotation and coupled lateral flexion of the thoracic spine.
This study examines the influence of posture on the range of axial rotation of the thorax and the range and direction of the coupled lateral flexion. ⋯ The ranges and patterns of coupled motion of the thorax appear to be strongly influenced by the posture from which the movement is initiated. This has important implications in relation to the interpretation of clinical tests of thoracic motion and in consideration of mechanisms of development of thoracic pain disorders.