Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
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J Manipulative Physiol Ther · Jun 2007
Randomized Controlled TrialNeck muscle endurance in nonspecific patients with neck pain and in patients after anterior cervical decompression and fusion.
The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in ventral and dorsal neck muscle endurance (NME) among men and women with nonspecific neck pain (NP) or cervical disk disease (who had anterior cervical decompression and fusion [ACDF]) and healthy controls (C). Another purpose was to investigate changes in NME after intervention. ⋯ Many patients had impairment in NME before and after treatment. This suggests that additional exercise of specific training for NME should be incorporated into the rehabilitation program, which may improve treatment outcome.