Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 91, Issue 9 , Pages 1313-1318 , September 2010

A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Manipulation With Mobilization for Recent Onset Neck Pain

Presented to the Australian Physiotherapy Association, October 1, 2009, Sydney, Australia.

  • Andrew M. Leaver, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Andrew M. Leaver, PhD, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, 75 East St, Lidcombe, NSW, 2141 Australia
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  • Christopher G. Maher, PhD

      Affiliations

    • George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia
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  • Robert D. Herbert, PhD

      Affiliations

    • George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia
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  • Jane Latimer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia
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  • James H. McAuley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia
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  • Gwendolen Jull, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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  • Kathryn M. Refshauge, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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    Flow chart of progress of participants through the trial. *Participants who withdrew from the study after completion of the allocated treatment were censored at the date of last data collection. These

    Flow chart of progress of participants through the trial. *Participants who withdrew from the study after completion of the allocated treatment were censored at the date of last data collection. These participants' data were included in the primary analysis. †Data missing from 1 participant in the manipulation group at week 4. Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; max, maximum; min, minimum.

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    Kaplan-Meier survival curves for recovery from an episode of recent onset nonspecific neck pain. (A) Recovery of neck pain. Recovery is defined as the first of 7 consecutive days less than 1 out of 10

    Kaplan-Meier survival curves for recovery from an episode of recent onset nonspecific neck pain. (A) Recovery of neck pain. Recovery is defined as the first of 7 consecutive days less than 1 out of 10. (B) Recovery of normal activity. Recovery is defined as the first of 7 consecutive days with an activity interference score of 1 on a 1 to 5 scale (“not at all” to “extreme” activity interference).

 Supported by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (grant no. 402686) and the University of Sydney.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

 Trial Registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry, ACTRN12606000417583.

 Reprints are not available from the author.

PII: S0003-9993(10)00315-1

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.06.006

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 91, Issue 9 , Pages 1313-1318 , September 2010

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