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A Comparative Study on the Effect of Mulligan’s Technique (SNAG’s) Versus Deep Transverse Friction Massage on Patient with Mechanical Neck Pain

Sumit Raghav* , Sumit Raghav* , Shefali Pushp** , Raj Kumar Meena*** , Anshika Singh*

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Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Journal 9(3):p 109-114, July - September 2016. | DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/potj.0974.5777.9316.5

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  Objective: The study was done to find out the difference between the effect of two manual therapies i.e., SNAG’s and DTFM, on patients with mechanical neck pain. Method: The study was of an experimental design, with 30 subjects, 12 were female, 18 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. In both groups, disability & pain were assessed by using the NDI & NBQ score respectively. The collected data were of men and standard deviation of NDI & NBQ score and has been analyzed using SPSS software. Paired T­ est 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 NBQ score (p=0.000). 

Keywords: Mechanical Neck Pain; SNAG’s (Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glides); DTFM (Deep Transverse Friction Massage); NDI (Neck Disability Index) & NBQ (Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire). 


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