08 July 2022>: Clinical Research
A Single-Center Study Comparing the Effects of Thoracic Spine Manipulation vs Mobility Exercises in 26 Office Workers with Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study
Jongmin Seo 1BCDF , Changho Song 2CDF , Doochul Shin 3ADEG*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.937316
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e937316
Table 1 General characteristics of study subjects.
TSME (n=13) | TSM (n=13) | t(p) | |
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Age (years) | 35.15±5.60 | 36.39±5.17 | −0.275 (0.673) |
Height (cm) | 168.69±7.34 | 169.45±6.91 | −0.587 (0.792) |
Weight (kg) | 64.53±7.99 | 66.46±8.69 | −0.582 (0.810) |
NPRS (score) | 4.54±1.35 | 4.92±1.50 | −0.689 (0.498) |
TSME – thoracic spine mobility exercises; TSM – thoracic spine manipulation; NPRS – numeric pain rating scale. |