Long term effects of cervical thrust versus thoracic thrust manipulation in patients with chronic mechanical neck pain: Double blinded randomized clinical trial. Numeric pain rating scale (NPRS), and Neck Disability Index (NDI) were (P<0.05) improved in the both MCM and MTM groups. But significant improvement seen in cervical manipulation group. Participants in the cervical manipulation group demonstrated significantly greater improvements (P<.001) on both the numeric pain rating scale and Neck Disability Index in all follow-up period compared to those in the comparison of thoracic group. Conclusion: These results suggest that both multi-level cervical and thoracic spine high velocity low amplitude thrust manipulation plus global posture re-education demonstrated better overall long-term outcomes on the numeric pain rating scale, and Neck Disability Index at baseline,1 month,3 month and at 6-month follow-up in Patients with chronic mechanical neck pain. Authorship Credit. "Equal Contribution" (EC). Citation. Mehul Padasala, Sharmila B, Rosario D'Onofrio, Claudio Civitillo, Jaymin Bhatt : Long term effects of cervical thrust versus thoracic thrust Manipulation in patients with chronic mechanical neck pain: Double blinded randomized clinical trial.
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