• Kanwal Khan

• Samreen Yasmeen

• Farhan Ishaque

• Ferkhanda Imdad

• Saeed Ahmed Shaikh

• Umair Nawaz

• Irfan Ali Bozdar

• Ambreen Shahzad

Abstract

Manual cervical traction is seen to be therapeutic for patients suffering with the cervical radiculopathy disorder; however, its efficacy does not show positive results in randomized studies. To compare the effectiveness of the manual cervical traction with conventional active range of motion (AROM) exercises along with modalities in people suffering with cervical radiculopathy, subjects were enrolled in this study. The age range was between 25 and 55 years and subjects suffering from unilateral cervical radiculopathy. The Control group was given conventional AROM exercises and modalities along with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and superficial thermotherapy. Whereas experimental group was given the same treatment as control group along with an addition of manual cervical traction. The treatment session was planned for 2 weeks with six sittings per week. Neck Disability Index (NDI), Numeric pain scale, and cervical range of Motion were used as assessment tools. It was found that the neck pain and disability decreased in experimental group in just two weeks of treatment in contrast to control group (P < 0.001). The NDI in post treatment of the control group was (52.44 ± 9.91) while (25.42 ± 7.47) in the experimental group. The mean NDI score of experimental group lessened to 27.02 point. The after treatment mean score of control group was 6.06 ± 1.63, whereas 1.68 ± 0.58 was the mean score in experimental group after treatment. A significant improvement was recorded in the score of numeric pain scores (P < 0.001). It was concluded that patients experiencing the cervical radiculopathy disorder along with pain and disabilities can be treated with conventional AROM exercises and modalities. This paper also supports the treatment choices used for cervical radiculopathy in a multimodal approach.

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