Research as to the added value of visceral manipulation techniques in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.
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- Title
- Research as to the added value of visceral manipulation techniques in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.
- Title
- Onderzoek naar de toegevoegde waarde van viscerale manipulatie technieken bij patiënten met chronische niet specifieke nekpijn: een gerandomiseerde gecontroleerde proef.
- Author(s)
- De Roeck Tom
- Abstract
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TUTORS: Coppens L. and Cox S. METHODOLOGICAL TUTOR: Quaghebeur J. YEAR: 2019
TITLE: Chronic neck pain: an osteopathic approach.
RESEARCH TITLE: Research as to the added value of visceral manipulation techniques in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have reported neck pain (NP) as a common problem in the general population. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to investigate the added value of visceral manipulation (VM) techniques in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain (NS-NP) on perceived pain, disability and quality of life. METHODS: Participants (n=28) who had experienced chronic NP for a period longer than three months with a perceived disability of ≥ 10 on the Neck Disability Index (NDI) questionnaire were included in this study. The participants were randomized into either a manual group, that was treated only with manual therapy (MT) (25 min), or an osteopathic group that was treated with VM (10 min) and MT (15 min). Both groups received one intervention each week within a timeframe of three weeks. A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and NDI were completed to both groups at intake and one week after each intervention. The SF-36 Questionnaire was completed to both groups at intake and one week after third intervention. RESULTS: Significant effects are found on the NDI-score within both treatment groups at each measuring moment (Wilcoxon test, p<0.05), and on the VAS-score only within the osteopathic group after two and three interventions (Wilcoxon test, p0.05). None of the eight SF-36 variables scores showed a significant improvement after treatment. DISCUSSION: One could argue about the small sample size. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated that osteopathic treatment was as effective as manual therapy in treating patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain. - presented at
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- Date Accepted
- 2019
- Date Submitted
- 28.4.2019 16:11:04
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 110
- Submitted by:
- 4568
- Pub-Identifier
- 16459
- Inst-Identifier
- 1169
- Keywords
- chronic neck pain, visceral manipulation, manual therapy, pain, disability, quality of life
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- 1
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De Roeck Tom, “Research as to the added value of visceral manipulation techniques in patients with chronic nonspecific neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 5, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/1990