Varying naprapathy & manual therapy combinations similarly effective for neck/back pain .
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Three combinations of manual therapy techniques within naprapathy in the treatment of neck and/or back pain: a randomized controlled trial
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016 Apr 23;17(1):1761057 patients with neck and/or back pain were randomized to receive one of the three following treatments: naprapathic manual therapy (NMT), NMT excluding spinal manipulation, or NMT excluding stretching. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the three methods of treatment to determine their comparative efficacy in terms of pain intensity, pain related disability, and perceived recovery after one year. Findings indicated no significant differences in outcomes of NMT, regardless of whether components of the treatment were omitted or not.
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