Journal article
Conservative management of mechanical neck disorders: a systematic review.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine if conservative treatments (manual therapies, physical medicine methods, medication, and patient education) relieved pain or improved function/disability, patient satisfaction, and global perceived effect in adults with acute, subacute, and chronic mechanical neck disorders (MND) by updating 11 systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCT).
METHODS: Two independent authors selected studies, abstracted data, …
Authors
Gross AR; Goldsmith C; Hoving JL; Haines T; Peloso P; Aker P; Santaguida P; Myers C
Journal
The Journal of Rheumatology, Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 1083–1102
Publication Date
May 2007
ISSN
0315-162X