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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025

The Effects of Cervical Manipulation Compared with a Conventional Physiotherapy Program for Patients with Acute Whiplash Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Joan Parera-Turull, Maite Garolera, Jose-Blas Navarro, Dolors Esteve Bech-Decareda, Josep Gual-Beltran, Jose-Vicente Toledo-Marhuenda, Emilio-Jose Poveda-Pagan

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Joan Parera-TurullClinical Research Centre d'Osteopatia Terrassa, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, 08221 Terrassa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3969-2433
Maite GaroleraClinical Research Group for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, 08221 Terrassa, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7443-8249
Jose-Blas NavarroDepartment of Psychobiology and Methodology of the Health Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5929-4224
Dolors Esteve Bech-DecaredaClinical Research Group for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, 08221 Terrassa, Spain.
Josep Gual-BeltranClinical Research Group for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, 08221 Terrassa, Spain.
Jose-Vicente Toledo-MarhuendaCenter of Translational Research in Physiotherapy, Department of Pathology-Surgery, Physiotherapy Area, Faculty of Medicine, Miguel Hernández University, 03550 Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5336-6837
Emilio-Jose Poveda-PaganCenter of Translational Research in Physiotherapy, Department of Pathology-Surgery, Physiotherapy Area, Faculty of Medicine, Miguel Hernández University, 03550 Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5286-2820

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whiplash injuries (WLs) are the most frequent cause of emergency room visits after motor vehicle collisions. In clinical practice, massage, electrotherapy, mobilization, or therapeutic exercise are used. As part of manual therapy, high-velocity, low-amplitude manipulative techniques can also be used.

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exercisesmanipulationmanual therapyneck painphysical therapywhiplash injuries

Identifiers

PMID40218008
PMCPMC11988700

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