The Effect of Mulligan Mobilization Technique in Older Adults with Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled, Double-Blind Study
Table 2
Comparing pretreatment and posttreatment participants in both groups.
TP group
TPMM group
Before median (IQR)
After median (IQR)
Before median (IQR)
After median (IQR)
VAS (0–10)
Rest
5 (4–7)
2 (0–3)
0.007
4 (2–5.5)
0
0.002
0.171
Activity
7 (4–8.5)
2 (0–4)
0.005
7 (5–8)
1 (0–2)
0.002
0.224
ROM
Cervical flexion
34 (32.2–36.3)
41 (39.2–43.3)
0.005
35 (33.3–36.5)
46 (40.8–47.5)
0.003
0.165
Cervical extension
35 (34.6–36.2)
40 (35.4–42.3)
0.005
33 (32.5–36.4)
41 (37.4–45.2)
0.003
0.089
Cervical lateral flexion
Right
32 (30.2–33.4)
38 (35.7–39.7)
0.005
33 (30.4–38.5)
42 (40.2–48.5)
0.002
0.153
Left
32 (29.6–34.3)
37 (34.5–39.6)
0.005
34 (31.6–36.3)
40 (38.4–45.7)
0.003
0.083
Cervical rotation
Right
42 (39.2–43.1)
45 (40.01–44.8)
0.007
45 (39.6–46.5)
52 (45.7–53.5)
0.012
0.091
Left
39 (34.4–42.5)
42 (39.2–44.03)
0.008
35 (32.7–36.5)
48 (45.5–52.4)
0.003
0.079
NDI (0–35 points)
17 (15–18)
7 (4–8)
0.005
18 (16–20)
5 (4–6)
0.002
0.116
TSK (17–68 points)
41 (40–41)
38 (37–41)
0.005
40 (39–42)
36 (35–40)
0.003
0.057
BDI
15 (7–19)
7 (3–9)
0.005
13 (10–14)
6 (4–8)
0.002
0.098
Quality of life (SF-36)
Physical component
35.8 (33–41.2)
40.4 (40.5–42.7)
0.005
36.4 (34.6–36.9)
42.3 (41.8–46.5)
0.182
0.091
Mental component
39.8 (37.5–43.6)
43.3 (40.6–46.3)
0.005
38.7 (36.5–40.2)
45.7 (41.5–48.7)
0.003
0.131
Total
70.5 (69.2–76.7)
80.3 (78–85.5)
0.005
72.4 (70.2–75.9)
88.2 (85.4–89.1)
0.002
0.052
TP: traditional physiotherapy, TPMM: traditional phyisotherapy + Mulligan mobilization, IQR: interquartile range, VAS: visual analog scale, ROM: range of motion, NDI: neck disability index, TSK: Tampa scale of kinesiophobia, BDI: Beck depression inventory, SF-36: Short Form-36. denotes the differences between before and after treatment scores for both groups with using “Wilcoxon paired two sample test,” and denotes the differences between the baseline scores of two groups with using “Mann–Whitney U test.” .
