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Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Journal

Volume  9, Issue 4, October - December 2016, Pages 153-157
 

Original Article

A Comparative Study on the Effects of Two Different Positions of Intermittent Cervical Traction in Cervical Radiculopathy

Anshika Singh*, Sumit Raghav*, Sanjai Kumar**

*Assistant Professor, **Associate Professor, Subharti College of Physiotherapy, Meerut.

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/potj.0974.5777.9416.4

Abstract

 Objective: The study was done to find out the difference between the effects of two different positions of intermittent cervical traction in cervical radiculopathy. Method: The study was of an experimental design, with 30 subjects, 14 were female, 16 were male, and all subjects were assigned into two groups, 15 subjects in each, according to criteria (inclusion & exclusion) and carried out at physiotherapy OPD of CSS Hospital and Jai Physiotherapy and Dental Clinic, SF- 06, Ansal Galleria, Meerut. In both groups, disability & pain were assessed by using the NDI & VAS score respectively. The collected data were of men and standard deviation of NDI & VAS score and has been analyzed using SPSS software. Paired Ttest was used to find the difference between two groups. Results: The results showed that there was significant difference in pain and disability with their NDI and VAS score (p=0.000).

Keywords: CR (Cervical Radiculopathy); NDI (Neck Disability Index) & VAS (Visual Analog Scale).


Corresponding Author : Sanjai Kumar**