WITHDRAWN: Physical medicine modalities for mechanical neck disorders.

BACKGROUND: Twenty-six to 71 percent of the adult population can recall experiencing an episode of neck pain or stiffness in their lifetime. The treatments that patients receive for neck pain are varied, as are the perceptions of the benefits of these treatments. In this age of increasing accountability, governmental agencies, third party payers and patients are demanding evidence-based practice performance. To track down the best estimate of …