@article{Miranda_Facchini_Manfio_2015, title={Influence of the cervical spine manipulation in the neck disability index in patients with chronic neck pain: A preliminary study}, url={https://submission-mtprehabjournal.com/revista/article/view/1100}, DOI={10.17784/mtprehabJournal.2015.13.283}, abstractNote={<p>Introduction: Neck pain is one of the major problems managed by chiropractors, therefore its common the use of spinal manipulation<br>to manage this problem. Objective: To evaluate the influence of Cervical Spine Manipulation (CSM) in the Neck Disability Index (NDI) of<br>patients with chronic neck pain compared to a manipulative sham group. Method: 15 patients with chronic neck pain, were randomly<br>assigned into one of two groups. Experimental Group (EG), with 8 patients, mean age of 30.6(13.7) years and Sham Group (SG), with 7<br>patients, mean age of 38.9(17.0) years. All the patients signed a Voluntary Informed Consent Document, approved by the university’s<br>research ethics committee (n°555.015). The NDI was used to evaluate the outcome. The EG intervention was the CSM, performed 4<br>times, along a mean of 39.2 days. The SG was subjected to a similar cervical manipulative sensory experience, also performed 4 times,<br>along a mean of 30.6 days. Paired and unpaired Student’s t-test was used to assess intra and inter group differences, respectively.<br>Results: Statistically significant differences (p=0.000) were found for NDI between the pre and post-treatment evaluations of both the<br>EG (26.3(5.0) % pre; 10.9(7.1) % post) and the SG (30.1(3.7) % pre; 18.4(5.3) % post). There were no significant differences for NDI in<br>the pre-treatment between groups (p=0.122), however statistically significant differences were found in the post-treatment between<br>the EG and the SG (p=0.039). Conclusion: The result shows that after the treatment period both groups showed improvement for NDI,<br>however the CSM in the EG resulted in an improved outcome in the treatment of patients with chronic neck pain.</p>}, journal={Manual Therapy, Posturology & Rehabilitation Journal}, author={Miranda, Iã Ferreira and Facchini, Daniel and Manfio, Eliane Fátima}, year={2015}, month={Dec.}, pages={1–5} }