Table 1 Baseline Characteristics
From: Approaches to cervical spine mobilization for neck pain: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Pragmatic Group | Prescriptive Group | p-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 30.7 (8.7) | 22.9 (2.7) | 0.02* | |
Gender (Female) | 7 (70%) | 6 (60%) | ||
Region of pain | Upper Cervical | 1 (10%) | 0 | |
Mid Cervical | 5 (50%) | 1 (10%) | ||
Cervicothoracic | 4 (40%) | 9 (90%) | ||
Concomitant pain (Headache, arm pain) | 5 (50%) | 5 (50%) | ||
Upper limb paraesthesia | 1 (10%) | 3 (30%) | ||
First episode of neck pain | 3 (30%) | 2 (20%) | ||
Using analgesic meds | 7 (70%) | 1 (10%) | ||
Workers Compensation | 0 | 0 | ||
Neck pain | PPI (0–10) | 4.6 (1.4) | 3.4 (0.7) | 0.02* |
24 h average (0–10) | 5.2 (1.5) | 3.9 (1.5) | 0.06 | |
Disability (NDI 0–50) | 11.8 (3.6) | 9.3 (3.1) | 0.11 | |
OMPQ | 57.4 (19.9) | 63.5 (21.3) | 0.5 | |
Range of motion | Composite score0 | 301 | 315 | 0.6 |