Comparison of effectiveness of upper quarter neurodynamic treatment and cervical traction in cervical radiculopathy-A pilot study

Effectiveness of neural mobilisation for the treatment of nerve-related cervicobrachial pain: a systematic review with subgroup meta-analysis

“…Eleven studies that were potentially relevant were excluded because they assessed only the immediate effects of a single treatment session, 16,52 the effect of NM could not be isolated because they included other manual therapy 3,9,56,81 or traction 74 treatments together with NM, compared different NM treatments between them, 6,19 included patients with somatic referred pain, 70 or treatment allocation was not randomised. 30 Several corresponding authors of studies 1,2,5,7,22,29,36,41,42,60,61,64,77,84 were contacted through email to request additional information or clarification about their study, which was obtained from 2 authors. 61,75…”

“…Neural mobilisation interventions included the following: a cervical lateral glide 16,42,67 ; upper limb sliders, 7,28,43,52,61,62,70,74,77 tensioners, 2,4,36,37,42,53 or sliders and tensioners 1,59,65,66 ; and cervical lateral glide and sliders 54 or tensioners 85 ; in 6 studies, the type of NM used was unclear. 5,22,44,60,64,84 Most often, NM was passive, 2,5,7,16,36,37,41–43,54,55,59–62,66–70,74,77,84,85 and in a minority of cases active, 54 active or passive, 4,44 or both active and passive 28,65 ; it was unclear in 4 studies.…”

“…5,22,44,60,64,84 Most often, NM was passive, 2,5,7,16,36,37,41–43,54,55,59–62,66–70,74,77,84,85 and in a minority of cases active, 54 active or passive, 4,44 or both active and passive 28,65 ; it was unclear in 4 studies. 1,5,22,64 In the majority of cases, NM was performed without symptom reproduction 2,16,54,59,66,68,72,75 ; some reported performing it without or with minimal symptoms, 1,28,42,44,53 and 2 studies at the point of symptom reproduction 4,85 ; tailoring was unclear in 14 studies. 5,7,22,36,37,41,43,54,60–62,64,65,67,84 Treatment was most often delivered by a clinician in person, 2,16,29,36,37,41–44,52,53,59–62,65–68,72,75,84,85 involved home exercises in one study, 54 and was unclear in 6.…”

“…5,7,22,36,37,41,43,54,60–62,64,65,67,84 Treatment was most often delivered by a clinician in person, 2,16,29,36,37,41–44,52,53,59–62,65–68,72,75,84,85 involved home exercises in one study, 54 and was unclear in 6. 1,4,5,7,22,64 Treatment frequency varied between 2, 54 3, 2,36,37,41–43,59–62,66,75,85 4, 4,64 5, 22,28,67,68,72 6, 7,53,65 and 7 44,84 days per week. Duration of treatment ranged between one, 1,28,84 one and a half, 44,53 2, 7,54,60,85 3, 36,37,41 4, 2,4,22,43,59,61,62,65,66,75 6, 67,68,72 8, 43 and 12 64 weeks.…”

“…1,4,5,7,22,64 Treatment frequency varied between 2, 54 3, 2,36,37,41–43,59–62,66,75,85 4, 4,64 5, 22,28,67,68,72 6, 7,53,65 and 7 44,84 days per week. Duration of treatment ranged between one, 1,28,84 one and a half, 44,53 2, 7,54,60,85 3, 36,37,41 4, 2,4,22,43,59,61,62,65,66,75 6, 67,68,72 8, 43 and 12 64 weeks. In 2 studies, 16,52 only a single session of treatment was provided.…”