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ReviewIranian journal of public health2025

Efficacy of Neck Stretching Exercises in Mitigating Neck Pain and Self-Reported Disability Post-Thyroidectomy: A Meta-Analysis.

Rong Li, Shuiying Chen, Xuejing Yue, Peiliang Lin, Haiyan Lin, Duo Tao

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Review in Iranian journal of public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Rong LiNursing Department, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, Haizhu District, 510275, China.
Shuiying ChenNursing Department, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, Haizhu District, 510275, China.
Xuejing YueNursing Department, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, Haizhu District, 510275, China.
Peiliang LinE.N.T. Department, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, Haizhu District, 510275, China.
Haiyan LinNursing Department, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, Haizhu District, 510275, China.
Duo TaoNursing Department, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, Haizhu District, 510275, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: We aimed to forecast the efficacy of neck stretching exercises in mitigating self-reported disability post-thyroidectomy and neck pain. Methods: Until Feb 2025, an inclusive literature study was accomplished, and 654 related studies were reviewed. The 5 nominated studies encompassed 654 patients with thyroidectomy at the beginning of the study and were selected for the meta-analysis. The mean difference (MD) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to examine the outcome of the neck stretching exercises compared to control on thyroidectomy using continuous methods with either a fixed or random model. Results: In cases with thyroidectomy, neck stretching exercises had significantly lower mean neck pain score after 1 week ( Conclusion: More research is necessary to confirm this discovery, and care must be used while interacting with its values since many comparisons had a low number of included articles and a small sample size of most of the selected studies.

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DisabilityNeck stretching exercisesPainPost-surgeryThyroidectomy

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PMID42548752
PMCPMC13429818

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