Effects of matched vs. unmatched physical therapy interventions on pain or disability in patients with neck pain – a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Physiotherapy theory and practice Vol. 40; no. 12; pp. 3000 - 3019
• Main Authors: Mastromarchi, Paolo, McLean, Sionnadh, Ali, Nancy, May, Stephen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.12.2024
• Subjects: Clinical assessment; Clinical trials; Disability; Disability Evaluation; Exercise therapy; Exercise Therapy - methods; Humans; Intervention; Manipulative therapy; Meta-analysis; Neck pain; Neck Pain - physiopathology; Neck Pain - therapy; Pain Measurement; Physical therapy; Physical Therapy Modalities; Physiotherapy; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Short term; Systematic review; Neck pain; assessment; clinical decision making; clinical reasoning; matched treatment

The interventions performed in most randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on neck pain patients are standardized, irrespective of the high heterogeneity of patients. However, clinicians tend to choose an intervention based on the patients' clinical characteristics, and thus match the treatment to...