Cervical manipulation accelerates recovery and further correction of cervical alignment in mechanical neck pain (MNP) patients with neck exercise: A randomized controlled trial
Cervical manipulation enhances the effectiveness of neck retraction exercise, which promotes rapid recovery from neck pain and stiffness and further facilitates the correction of cervical sagittal alignment in patients with MNP.
Authors
- Ke Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4438-1517)
- Xu Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5734-5726)
- Qian Ru
- Xin Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7221-0056)
- Zihan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1056-6326)
- Liping Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5601-1302)
- Botao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8789-8797)
- Ran Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2028-8043)
- Rongrong Deng
Institutions
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Nanjing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital (CN)
- Jiangsu Province Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
- Published
- 2025-03-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2025.101969
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.79