Short-Term Effects of Thrust Versus Nonthrust Mobilization/Manipulation Directed at the Thoracic Spine in Patients With Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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Joshua A. Cleland · Franklin Pierce University

Paul Glynn · Newton Wellesley Hospital

Julie M. Whitman · Regis University

Sarah Eberhart · Concord Hospital

Cameron W. MacDonald

John D. Childs · Baylor University

Abstract

The results suggest that thoracic spine thrust mobilization/manipulation results in significantly greater short-term reductions in pain and disability than does thoracic nonthrust mobilization/manipulation in people with neck pain.

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Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Shoulder Injury and Treatment Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology

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Published in: Physical Therapy

Volume 87, Issue 4, pp. 431-440

DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060217

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Short-Term Effects of Thrust Versus Nonthrust Mobilization/Manipulation Directed at the Thoracic Spine in Patients With Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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