Neck-specific training with a cognitive behavioural approach compared with prescribed physical activity in patients with cervical radiculopathy: A protocol of a prospective randomised clinical trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dedering, Åsa ^a,b   Halvorsen, Marie ^a,b   Cleland, Joshua ^c   Svensson, Mikael ^a,b   Peolsson, Anneli ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Franklin Pierce University   (United States)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cervical radiculopathy; Conservative interventions; Neck pain; Outcome; Physical activity; Randomisation; Study protocol

Indexed keywords

ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STUDY DESIGN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK MUSCLE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; SWEDEN; TIME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908296666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-274     Document Type: Article

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