| Chinese manipulation for mechanical neck pain: a systematic review. | |
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PMID: 22473303 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Objective: To assess whether Chinese manipulation improves pain, function/disability and global perceived effect in adults with acute/subacute/chronic neck pain.Data sources: CAJ Full-text Database (Chinese), Wanfang Database (Chinese), Cochrane Database (English) and Medline (English).Review methods: Literature searching was performed with the following keywords and their combination: 'manual therapy/bone setting/Chinese manipulation', 'neck/cervical pain', 'cervical vertebrae', 'cervical spondylosis/radiculopathy' and 'randomized controlled trial/review.' Two independent reviewers selected studies, extracted data and assessed risk of bias for each included study. Randomized controlled trials or quasi-randomized controlled trials on the effect of Chinese manipulation in treating adult patients with neck pain were selected. Mean differences with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Quality of the evidence was assessed by the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach.Results: Four studies (610 participants) were included in this review. There was very low-quality evidence suggesting that, compared to cervical traction in sitting, Chinese manipulation produced more immediate post-intervention pain relief (mean difference: -1.06; 95% CI: -1.37~ -0.75; P < 0.001) and improvement of global signs and symptoms (mean difference: -3.81; 95% CI: -4.71 ~ -2.91; P < 0.001). Very low-quality evidence showed that Chinese manipulation alone was superior to Chinese traditional massage in immediate post-intervention pain relief (mean difference: -2.02; 95% CI: -2.78~ -1.26; P < 0.001).Conclusions: There was limited evidence showing Chinese manipulation could produce short-term improvement for neck pain. |
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Jian Hua Lin; Thomas Tai Wing Chiu; Jia Hu |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-4-3 |
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Title: Clinical rehabilitation Volume: - ISSN: 1477-0873 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Apr |
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Created Date: 2012-4-4 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8802181 Medline TA: Clin Rehabil Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. |
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