Neck-specific strengthening exercises and cognitive therapy for chronic neck pain: a systematic review
"The combination of cognitive therapy and neck-specific strengthening exercises was not found to be more effective at reducing pain and disability than neck-specific strengthening exercises alone (SMD 0.22, 95%CI −0.01 to 0.45, p = .06) or cognitive therapy alone (SMD 0.26, 95%CI −0.33 to 0.86, p = .39). The effects of both neck-specific exercises and cognitive therapy observed in this review are statistically significant; however, it is questionable whether they are clinically significant based on the measures used."
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