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Cervical pain and mobilization
Brodin H
Acta Belgica Medica Physica 1983 Apr-Jun;6(2):67-72
clinical trial
5/10 [Eligibility criteria: No; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: Yes; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: Yes; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

Specific ie, localized mobilization of painful cervical mobile segments with restricted mobility and typical end feel (final resistance to passive movement), produced good therapeutic results. Reduction of pain, ie, a minimum of two steps in a nine step symptom scale, was greater than in the two control groups. Also the mobility increased a little. No significant correlation between reduction of pain and increased mobility was found. Examination and treatment was mainly of an osteopathic character. One control group received salicylate (Premaspin Laake) and another had salicylate, special information ('cervical school') for three hours and mock manual therapy. The therapeutic results were the same in these two groups. Neither personality tests nor the social, economic and vocational conditions revealed any differences between the three groups.

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