A reported 6-month prevalence of 54% makes neck pain a common disorder among the adult population1. In fact, in any given month 10% of the population will experience pain in the cervical area1. Patients with neck pain are regularly encountered in outpatient orthopaedic physical therapy (PT) clinics2. In some cases, cervical radiculopathy, which has been defined as motor and/or sensory changes i...

Introduction: The clinical diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy is a disorder the nerve root that can be caused bya herniated disc, spur, or osteophyte. This condition classified as radiculopathy. Cervicalradiculopathy common disease affects spinal cord. It also most cause arm pain andsignificant functional limitation. Cervical occur at any point along spine.Methods: Two arms parallel pretest-po...

Objective: A cervical epidural steroid injection is one of the most commonly performed interventions to manage chronic neck pain and cervical radiculopathy. Despite its many severe complications, cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injection (CTFESI) is a clinically necessary modality for managing neck pain and cervical radiculopathy. We aimed in this study to find a safer optimal needle e...

STUDY DESIGN Randomized clinical trial. OBJECTIVES To examine the effectiveness of cervical traction in addition to exercise for specific subgroups of patients with neck pain. BACKGROUND Cervical traction is frequently used, but its effectiveness has not been adequately examined. Existing studies have failed to target patients most likely to respond. Traction is typically recommended for pa...

Manual therapy is often used for patients with neck pain with or without radicular symptoms. There is sparse evidence on the effectiveness in cervical radiculopathy. The aim of this study was to assess current levels of evidence on the effectiveness of manual therapy interventions for patients with cervical radiculopathy. Electronic data bases were systematically searched for clinical guideline...

Objective. The review is to assess the current evidence of Chinese massage therapy (Tui Na) for cervical radiculopathy. Methods. Seven databases were searched. Randomised controlled trials incorporating Tui Na alone or Tui Na combined with conventional treatment were enrolled. The authors in pairs independently assessed the risk of bias and extracted the data. Results. Five studies involving 44...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: this study was aimed at assessing the accuracy of provocative tests in diagnosis of acute or chronic cervical radiculopathy (cr) based on an electrodiagnostic reference criterion. materials and methods: shoulder abduction test (sat), spurling test (st), upper limb tension test (ultt), and electromyography were done on 97 patients who ref...