Figures
(A) Supine posture with leg extension progression: anterior muscle chain stretching. Starting position. (B) Supine posture with leg extension progression: anterior muscle chain stretching. Final position.
(A) Supine posture with leg flexion progression: posterior muscle chain stretching. Starting position. (B) Supine posture with leg flexion progression: posterior muscle chain stretching. Final position.
Flowchart of participants through the study.
Tables
Mean (SD) for Outcome Measures at All Study Visits for Each Group, Mean (95% CI) Difference Between Groups, and Mean (95% CI) Difference Between Groups Adjusted for Baseline Scorea
↵a GPR=global postural re-education, MT=manual therapy, T1=time 1 (immediately postintervention), T2=time 2 (6 months postintervention), CI=confidence interval, VAS=visual analog scale, NDI-I= Neck Disability Index (Italian version), TSK=Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia, TSK-1=TSK activity avoidance subscale, TSK-2=TSK harm subscale, ROM=range of motion, *Significantly different between groups (adjusting for baseline score): P<.05 (95% CI).
Mean (95% CI), at Each Study Visit, of Principal Outcomes Difference Between Groups Adjusted for Baseline Score, According to Best-Case and Worst-Case Scenariosa
↵a GPR=global postural re-education group, MT=manual therapy group, T1=time 1 (immediately postintervention), T2=time 2 (6 months postintervention), CI=confidence interval, VAS=visual analog scale, NDI-I=Neck Disability Index (Italian version), *Significantly different between groups (adjusting for baseline score): P<.05 (95% CI).
Characteristics of Participants at Baselinea
↵a GPR=global postural re-education, MT=manual therapy, BMI=body mass index, VAS=visual analog scale, NDI-I=Neck Disability Index (Italian version), TSK=Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia, TSK-1=TSK activity avoidance subscale, TSK-2=TSK harm subscale, ROM=range of motion. *Significantly different.
Supplementary Data
eAppendixes and eTable
Files in this Data Supplement:
- eAppendixes and eTable (PDF) (2.11 MB) -
This PDF contains the following supplements:
- eAppendix 1. Global Posture Re-education Group: Home Exercises
- eAppendix 2. Manual Theory Group: Home Exercises
- eAppendix 3. Advice for Daily Activities
- eTable. Descriptive Statistics of GPE and PTPSQ-I(15) Outcome Measures for Each Group
Author Interview Podcast: Paolo Pilliastrini
Click here to listen to the PTJ author interview podcast. In this podcast, Editor in Chief Dr Alan Jette talks with Dr Paolo Pillastrini about his Research Report "Effectiveness of Global Postural Re-education in Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial," which was published in the September 2016 issue.
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