Improvement After Chiropractic Care in Cervicocephalic Kinesthetic Sensibility and Subjective Pain Intensity in Patients with Nontraumatic Chronic Neck Pain

The Effect of Cervical Spine Manipulation on Postural Sway in Patients With Nonspecific Neck Pain

“…Recently, cervical spine manipulation to individuals with neck pain has been shown to be effective in reducing pain levels both locally and in peripheral sites (45)(46)(47). Functional improvements observed following application of cervical spine manipulation include increased force production, improved recruitment of inhibited musculature (48)(49)(50) and improved kinaesthetic performance (51,52). Recently, a small body of research demonstrates that cervical spine manipulation to dysfunctional segments in patients with neck pain is followed by alterations in cortical activity in regions related to sensory processing and sensorimotor integration (53)(54)(55).…”

Neck muscle vibration can improve sensorimotor function in patients with neck pain

“…However, our findings reveal for the first time a positive effect of neck muscle vibration on impaired joint position sense acuity in patients with neck pain. For patients, different long-term treatments have previously been shown to improve repositioning accuracy: conscious head relocation tasks [26], chiropractic care [27], and balance training [28]. All these interventions took place over a period of several weeks.…”

Effect of Ankle Joint Mobilization on Range of Motion and Functional Balance of Elderly Adults

“…Values are Mean ± SD or N (%), MT group, mobilization group; CT group, control group. One study showed that spinal manipulation directly affected the proprioceptive system 17) . Heikkila and Wenngren 18) stated that joint manipulation affected postural control by enhancing afferent input through the induction of proprioceptive stimulation.…”