Student Number : 0216607K -
MSc research report -
School of Physiotherapy -
Faculty of Health Sciences / Thoracic mobilisation is a popular modality employed by physiotherapists as part
of the management of neck pain, despite the lack of evidence as to its benefits. A
randomised control trial was conducted to compare manual physiotherapy to the
cervical and thoracic regions and manual therapy to the cervical spine alone for
the treatment of neck pain. The Spielberger State Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was
used to assess anxiety change due to the intervention. The Memorial Pain
Assessment Card (MPAC) was used to assess pain change through the
intervention. A treatment effects questionnaire (TAQ) was constructed to assess
other effects of the treatment protocols. Results showed no difference between
the groups for anxiety reduction, although within the groups there was a highly
significant reduction in anxiety (p<0.0001). Pain reduction was marginally
significantly reduced in the experimental group in comparison to the control
group (p=0.08) although the CI was very broad. Within group tests for the
MPAC showed a highly significant reduction in pain from either intervention
(p<0.0001).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/1537 |
| Date | 31 October 2006 |
| Creators | Elvey, Martin Louis |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1214152 bytes, 28423 bytes, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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