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.