2012-05-31
Manuele therapie bij nekpijn: steeds meer bewijs voor effectiviteit
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Manual therapy for neck pain: increasing evidence for effectiveness
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde , Volume 156 - Issue 15
Most patients with acute neck pain (< 2 weeks) recover quickly and respond well to a wait-and-see approach. If the neck pain persists for more than 2 weeks there are various treatment options available. A new RCT from the USA has shown that spinal manipulation, or even a programme of home exercise, was more effective than medication (including analgesia) for patients with neck pain with a duration of 2-12 weeks. The magnitude of the difference in effectiveness of treatment was quite low. However, since the results are largely in line with a previous RCT from the Netherlands in which manual therapy showed the best clinical and cost-effective results compared to physiotherapy and usual care by the general practitioner, the evidence in favour of manual therapy is now accumulating. Manual therapy is a rational treatment option for patients with neck pain persisting longer than 2 weeks.
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Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
Koes, B. (2012). Manuele therapie bij nekpijn: steeds meer bewijs voor effectiviteit. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 156(15). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/82118 |