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Efficacy Comparison of Osteopathic Muscle Energy Techniques and Cervical Mobilization on Pain, Disability, and Proprioception in Cervical Spondylosis Patients

Journal: Medical Science Monitor Date: 2024/08, 30Pages: e945149. doi: Subito , type of study: randomized controlled trial

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Keywords:

cervical facet joint mobilization [1]
cervical spine [290]
MET [589]
muscle energy technique [177]
neck pain [166]
randomized controlled trial [889]
spondylosis [3]

Abstract:

BACKGROUND Cervical spondylosis (CS) is a degenerative disease of the cervical spine characterized by persistent neck pain. Cervical facet joint mobilization (CM) and the osteopathic muscle energy technique (MET) are effective manual procedures for the treatment of neck pain. In this study, we compared the efficacy of the MET and CM techniques on pain, disability, and proprioception in 76 patients with CS. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 96 participants with a diagnosis of CS were randomized into an electro-thermal therapy (ET) group (control group, n=32), ET+MET group (experiment I, n=32), and ET+CM group (experiment II, n=32). All patients received 3 treatment sessions per week for 4 consecutive weeks. Pain intensity, functional disability and cervical position sense were measured using the visual analog scale (VAS), Copenhagen Neck Functional Disability Scale (CNFDS), and cervical range of motion (CROM) device. RESULTS The study was completed by 76 participants. VAS and CNFDS scores decreased significantly after treatment in all 3 groups (P<0.001); however, there was no significant difference between the groups (P>0.05). Between-group analysis showed a significant difference in extension joint position error in favor of MET (P<0.001), while there was no significant difference between the groups in other movement directions (P>0.05). CONCLUSIONS MET and CM have similar effects on improving pain and disability in individuals with CS and chronic neck pain. However, the results of this study show that MET combined with ET is a more effective method for improving cervical position sense.


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