ReviewJournal of physical therapy science2021
Restoring cervical lordosis by cervical extension traction methods in the treatment of cervical spine disorders: a systematic review of controlled trials.
Review in Journal of physical therapy science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05391997 (Comparative Effects of Cervical Extension Traction Exercises With and Without Modified Cervical and Shoulder Retraction Exercises on Pain, Disability and Cobb's Angle in Patients With Non-specific Neck Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 43 papers.
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Comparative Effects of Cervical Extension Traction Exercises With and Without Modified Cervical and Shoulder Retraction Exercises on Pain, Disability and Cobb's Angle in Patients With Non-specific Neck Pain
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of long-term cervical extensor exercise program on functional disability, pain intensity, range of motion, cervical muscle mass, and cervical curvature in young adult population with chronic non-specific neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Trial
- The Reliability of Biomechanical Mensuration Methods of the Sagittal Cervical Spine in Radiography Used in Clinical Practice: A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
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- Long-term stability of reducing cervical kyphosis via Chiropractic BiophysicsJournal of physical therapy science · 2026Article
- Post-MVC Cervical Kyphosis Deformity Reduction Using Chiropractic BioPhysics Protocols: 1-Year Follow-Up Case Report.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Advanced machine learning applications in fibromyalgia to assess the relationship between 3D spinal alignment with clinical outcomes.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Improvement in Chronic Low Back and Intermittent Chronic Neck Pain, Disability, and Improved Spine Parameters Using Chiropractic BioPhysicsHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Investigation of spinopelvic sagittal alignment and its correlations in asymptomatic pediatric populations.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Regional interdependence between senile kyphosis and cervical postural syndrome: a case report.AME case reports · 2025Article
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- Using Finite Element Models to Assess Spinal Cord Biomechanics after Cervical Laminoplasty for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Utilizing machine learning to predict post-treatment outcomes in chronic non-specific neck pain patients undergoing cervical extension traction.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Abnormal Static Sagittal Cervical Curvatures following Motor Vehicle Collisions: A Retrospective Case Series of 41 Patients before and after a Crash Exposure.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Intra-Examiner Reliability and Validity of Sagittal Cervical Spine Mensuration Methods Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Sagittal Full-Spine vs. Sectional Cervical Lateral Radiographs: Are the Measurements of Cervical Alignment Interchangeable?Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
[Purpose] To systematically review the literature on the use of cervical extension traction methods for increasing cervical lordosis in those with hypolordosis and cervical spine disorders. [Methods] Literature searches for controlled clinical trials were performed in Pubmed, PEDro, Cochrane, and ICL databases. Search terms included iterations related to the cervical spine, neck pain and disorders, and extension traction rehabilitation. [Results] Of 1,001 initially located articles, 9 met the inclusion/exclusion criteria. The trials demonstrated increases in radiographically measured lordosis of 12-18°, over 5-15 weeks, after 15-60 treatment sessions. Untreated controls/comparison groups not receiving extension traction showed no increase in cervical lordosis. Several trials demonstrated that both traction and comparison treatment groups experienced immediate pain relief. Traction treatment groups maintained their pain and disability improvements up to 1.5 years later. Comparative groups not receiving lordosis improvement experienced regression of symptoms towards pre-treatment values by 1 years' follow-up. [Conclusion] There are several high-quality controlled clinical trials substantiating that increasing cervical lordosis by extension traction as part of a spinal rehabilitation program reduces pain and disability and improves functional measures, and that these improvements are maintained long-term. Comparative groups who receive multimodal rehabilitation but not extension traction experience temporary relief that regresses after treatment cessation.
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