The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy

The Korean Society of Physical Therapy (대한물리치료학회)
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The Effects of P-A Mobilization on The Cervical Range of Motion and Pain for Patients with Chronic Neck Pain

만성 경부 통증환자에 대한 후-전방 가동기법이 경부 가동범위와 통증에 미치는 영향

  • Park, Ki-Byoung (Department of Sport & Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy, Graduate School of Rehabilitation Science, Daegu University) ;
  • Gong, Won-Tae (Department of Sport & Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy, Graduate School of Rehabilitation Science, Daegu University) ;
  • Bae, Sung-Soo (Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Science, Daegu University)
  • 박기병 (대구대학교 재활과학대학원 스포츠.정형물리치료) ;
  • 공원태 (대구대학교 재활과학대학원 스포츠.정형물리치료) ;
  • 배성수 (대구대학교 재활과학대학 물리치료학과)
  • Published : 2005.12.24
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Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of manual therapies which are Posterior Anterior Central Vertebral Pressure (PACVP) and Posterior Anterior Unilateral Vertebral Pressure(PAUVP} in patients having a chronic pain in the neck. This study focused on sixty patients having a chronic pain in the neck from 19 years old and 65years old. There are 33 females and 27 males each. This study randomize two groups from all subjects that have been mentioned above. Group 1 received a cervical spine manual therapy, Group 2 received a conservative physical therapy. Each therapy was held for 3 times a week, totally, 6 times for two weeks. The tape was used to measure cervical range of motion(ROM) in six areas-flexion, extension, left lateral flexion, right lateral flexion, left rotation, right rotation. 100mm Visual Analogue Scale(100mm VAS) was used to measure the subjective pain level. All measurements of each patient were measured at pre-treatment and 2 weeks post-treatment. The results of this study would be summarized as follow: 1. The manual treatment group has much more recovery than that of conservative physical therapy group in terms of the degree of the ROM improvement showing a significant difference between two groups(p<0.05) 2. The manual treatment group has more recovery than that of the conservative physical therapy group in the improvement of pain(p<0.05).

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