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Comparison of the short-term effects of mulligan and maitland mobilisation techniques combined with home-based exercise for non-specific neck pain: a randomised controlled trial

Review written by Dr Julia Treleaven info

Key Points

  1. Manual therapy and exercise are supported to assist people with neck pain in the short term.
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE

A multimodal approach of manual therapy and neck specific exercise (NSE) has been demonstrated to be effective for neck pain (1). There are many manual therapy techniques that can be used.

This small RCT sought to determine the effectiveness of Maitland versus Mulligan techniques when combined with NSE in the short term. They hypothesised that Mulligan techniques would be more effective.

A multimodal approach of manual therapy and neck specific exercise has been demonstrated to be effective for neck pain.
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Even short duration treatments inclusive of exercises conducted daily over two weeks appears to improve symptoms in patients with non-specific neck pain.

METHODS

  • 43 patients with non-specific neck pain (NSNP) of duration 0 to more than six months were recruited to receive Mulligan + NSE (n=14), Maitland + NSE (N=14) or NSE alone (N=15). See Video 1 for Study Interventions.
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