Effectiveness of maitland mobilization for neck pain patients.

Abstract

Purpose: The study evaluated the Maitland mobilization technique applied to the cervical region for pain and functional impairment caused by neck pain. Objectives: To find out the effectiveness of Maitland Mobilization for neck pain. To assess the effect on pain after introducing Maitland Mobilization at different functional position. (Sitting, Standing, Walking, sleeping, neck turning, neck bending).To estimate the disability after introducing Maitland Mobilization and to evaluate the intensity of pain at resting position after introducing Maitland Mobilization.Methodology: The study was a Quasi-experimental quantitative research design. In this experimental study 38 patients with neck pain were randomly assigned. Among these 38 patients, there was a single group design. These group attended for 6 sessions (each session for 30 minutes) of treatment in the physiotherapy outdoor department of CRP Savar. And the outcome of pain intensity measured by using Numeric Pain Rating scale (NPRS) and disability status measured by using Neck pain disability Index (NDI) scale among patients with neck pain. Analysis of data:Inferential statistics such as, Wilcoxon test and Paired t-test was done using SPSS version 20. Results:It was observed that pain and neck disability had reduced within this group. Numeric pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and neck pain disability index, improved significantly in this group. In this study significant level was (P< 0.05). Conclusion:This research showed that Maitland mobilization was very effective for neck pain patients. The study concludes that the Maitland technique is significantly capable of reducing pain and functional disability among patients with neck pain. Keywords:Neck pain, Maitland mobilization, neck disability.