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Table 3 Adverse events for both treatments

From: Manual therapy compared with physical therapy in patients with non-specific neck pain: a randomized controlled trial

Adverse events

 

3 weeks

  

7 weeks

 

13 weeks

 
 

MTU

PT

p

MTU

PT

p

MTU

PT

p

Number

40

31

0.1723

31

23

0.1964

17

12

0.3179

Severity (NRS)

4.8 (3.9)

5.3 (2.6)

0.3607

4.1 (3.1)

3.8 (2.8)

0.6456

4.9 (3.0)

3.6 (2.8)

0.2508

Time of onset (n)

 < 30 min.

4

7

 

5

4

 

3

0

 

 >30 min. < 4 h.

14

7

 

5

4

 

2

3

 

 > 4 h., < 24 h.

11

8

 

11

8

 

3

1

 

 > 24 h.

7

6

 

5

5

 

6

1

 

Duration (n)

 < 10 min.

0

0

 

3

2

 

4

1

 

 > 10 min., < 1 h.

4

5

 

1

2

 

2

0

 

 > 1 h., < 24 h.

13

9

 

10

5

 

8

3

 

 > 24 h.

20

13

 

13

12

 

4

2

 
  1. Abbreviations: MTU Manual Therapy Utrecht, PT Physical Therapy, NRS Numeric Rating Scale, n number, min minutes, hr hours