Comparison of Short-Term Effects of Thrust Manipulation and Non-Thrust Mobilization at Cervicothoracic Junction in Mechanical Neck Pain

@article{Riaz2022ComparisonOS,
  title={Comparison of Short-Term Effects of Thrust Manipulation and Non-Thrust Mobilization at Cervicothoracic Junction in Mechanical Neck Pain},
  author={Saima Riaz and Atif Dustgir and Sana Hafeez and Rehan Ramzan Khan and Amman Ullah Nazir and Lal Gul Khan},
  journal={Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences},
  year={2022},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:249485164}
}
It is concluded that patients who received thrust manipulation at the cervicothoracic junction showed more significant short-term improvements in Pain and cervical range of motion than those who received non-thrust mobilization.
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