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Cervical and Diaphragmatic Manual Therapy for Chronic Neck Pain

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October 2025

Cervical and Diaphragmatic Manual Therapy for Chronic Neck Pain

Vol: 307| Issue: 10| Number:46| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

The Effectiveness of Manual Therapy in the Cervical Spine and Diaphragm, in Combination with Breathing Re-Education Exercises, on the Range of Motion and Forward Head Posture in Patients with Non-Specific Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Healthcare (Basel) . 2025 Jul 21;13(14):1765.

Contributing Authors:
PI Tatsios E Grammatopoulou Z Dimitriadis GA Koumantakis

Synopsis

Ninety patients with non-specific chronic neck pain were randomized to receive cervical spine (Mulligan Concept) and diaphragm manual therapy plus breathing re-education (EG1; n=30), cervical spine manual therapy plus sham diaphragmatic therapy (EG2; n=30), or conventional physiotherapy (CG; n=30). The primary outcome of interest was active cervical spine range of motion (flexion/extension, bilate...

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