ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Focus on the Scapular Region in the Rehabilitation of Chronic Neck Pain Is Effective in Improving the Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of stability exercise-based treatment strategies for non-specific neck pain: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Is chronic neck pain related to scapular dyskinesia? A systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of scapular treatment on chronic neck pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of Scapular-Focused Interventions on Pain and Disability in Neck Pain With Mobility Deficits: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Pain research & management · 2026Trial
- Effects of active scapular correction on cervical range of motion, pain, and pressure pain threshold in patients with chronic neck pain and depressed scapula: a randomized controlled trial.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2023Trial
- Cervical sagittal alignment differences according to scapular rotational posture: A retrospective radiographic study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Effect of Postural Stabilization Exercises in Combination with Cervical Stabilization Exercises on Craniovertebral Angle, Pain, Disability, and Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of Scapular Interventions on Pain and Disability in Subjects with Neck Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Spine surgery and related research · 2024Review
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Chronic neck pain is a common human health problem. Changes in scapular posture and alteration of muscle activation patterns of scapulothoracic muscles are cited as potential risk factors for neck pain. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of neck exercise training (NET) with and without scapular stabilization training (SST) on pain intensity, the scapula downward rotation index (SDRI), forward head angle (FHA) and neck range of motion (ROM) in patients with chronic neck pain and scapular dyskinesia. A total of sixty-six subjects with chronic neck pain and scapular dyskinesia were randomly divided into three groups: neck exercise training, n = 24, combined training (NET + SST), n = 24 and a control group, n = 24. Pain intensity, SDRI, FHA and ROM were measured by the numerical rating scale, caliper, photogrammetry and IMU sensor, respectively. When the combined intervention group consisting of NET and SST was compared with NET alone at six weeks, there was a statistically significant difference in pain intensity, SDRI, FHA and cervical ROM for flexion and extension (
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