Effectiveness of Maitland mobilisation versus Conventional Physiotherapeutic Exercises on pain and function in patients with Cervical radiculopathy

Abstract

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of Conventional Physiotherapeutic Exercises versus Maitland Mobilization on pain & function in patients with Cervical radiculopathy.

Material & methods: Total 60 subjects with neck pain were included for two weeks in this study and categorized into two groups: Group-A (N=30) & Group-B (N=30). Subjects in group-A were received Maitland mobilization & subjects in the group-B were received conventional physiotherapeutic exercises.  Pain was measured using visual analog scale (VAS) and disabilities were measured by Neck disability index (NDI).

Result: The outcome of the current study demonstrates that conventional physiotherapeutic exercises (group B) are considerably more effective than Maitland mobilisation alone (group B) in reducing pain, improving NDI, muscular power, and functional activities.

Conclusion: When it comes to decreasing pain, disabilities and increasing range of motion in individuals with cervical radiculopathy, conventional physiotherapeutic exercises are more clinically successful than applying Maitland mobilisation alone.