- 경추 신경근병증의 통증, 관절가동범위, 경부장애에 대한 도수치료의 효과
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- 전재국,김현,박현식,주태성,안익근,Jeon. Jae-Guk,Kim. Hyun,Park. Hyun-Sik,Joo. Tae-Sung,An. Ik-Geun
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- 대한정형도수물리치료학회지
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- 2014년|20권 1호|pp.9-14 (6 pages)
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- 대한정형도수치료학회
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- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
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Background: Cervical radiculopathy is the result of cervical nerve root pathology that may lead to chronic pain and disability. Although manual therapy interventions including cervical traction and neural mobilization have been advocated to decrease pain and disability caused by cervical radiculopathy, their analgesic effect has been questioned due to the low quality of research evidence. The purpose of this paper is to present the effect of manual therapy on pain, ROM, disability in a patient experiencing cervical radiculopathy. Methods: In this study, 30 participants who met the diagnostic criteria for cervical radiculopathy were randomized into two groups: group I (nerve mobilization group) & group II (Mckenzie exercise group). The experimental group was performed manual cervical traction and neural mobilization technique. The control group was performed manual cervical traction and cervical retraction, extension exercise. Assessments were performed to 30 participants before and after 4 weeks therapy. The components of assessments were pain intensity (PI), cervical rotation ROM (CR) and neck disability index (NDI). Results: After 4 weeks therapy, PI, CR and NDI were significantly reduced in both groups (p<.01). The PI, CR and NDI were no significantly reduced between group I and group II (p>.01). Conclusions: Manual therapy could reduce the symptoms of cervical radiculotpathy.