106670 20230519145426.0 doi 10.1155/2021/9936981 sideral 124667 ART-2021-124667 eng Borrella Andrés, Sergio Manual therapy as a management of cervical radiculopathy: a systematic review 2021 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Background. Cervical radiculopathy is defined as a disorder involving dysfunction of the cervical nerve roots characterised by pain radiating and/or loss of motor and sensory function towards the root affected. There is no consensus on a good definition of the term. In addition, the evidence regarding the effectiveness of manual therapy in radiculopathy is contradictory. Objective. To assess the effectiveness of manual therapy in improving pain, functional capacity, and range of motion in treating cervical radiculopathy with and without confirmation of altered nerve conduction. Methods. Systematic review of randomised clinical trials on cervical radiculopathy and manual therapy, in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, PEDro, and Cochrane Library Plus databases. The PRISMA checklist was followed. Methodological quality was evaluated using the PEDro scale and RoB 2.0. tool. Results. 17 clinical trials published in the past 10 years were selected. Manual therapy was effective in the treatment of symptoms related to cervical radiculopathy in all studies, regardless of the type of technique and dose applied. Conclusions. This systematic review did not establish which manual therapy techniques are the most effective for cervical radiculopathy with electrophysiological confirmation of altered nerve conduction. Without this confirmation, the application of manual therapy, regardless of the protocol applied and the manual therapy technique selected, appears to be effective in reducing chronic cervical pain and decreasing the index of cervical disability in cervical radiculopathy in the short term. However, it would be necessary to agree on a definition and diagnostic criteria of radiculopathy, as well as the definition and standardisation of manual techniques, to analyse the effectiveness of manual therapy in cervical radiculopathy in depth. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.246 2021 MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL 91 / 140 = 0.65 2021 Q3 T2 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 90 / 161 = 0.559 2021 Q3 T2 0.647 2021 Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) 2021 Q2 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) 2021 Q2 5.0 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/review info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Marqués García, Isabel Lucha López, María Orosia Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9930-3903 Fanlo Mazas, Pablo Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-3472-072X Hernández Secorún, Mar Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9678-3449 Pérez Bellmunt, Albert Tricás Moreno, José Miguel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-3583-5206 Hidalgo García, César Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-7667-2178 1006 413 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Fisioterapia 2021 (2021), [15 pp.] BioMed res. int. BioMed Research International 2314-6133 940740 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/106670/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2392249 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/106670/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:106670 articulos driver 2023-05-18-14:12:43 ARTICLE