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johnjfraser -> Comment on Manual Therapy Best Alternative Treatment for Neck Pain Relief Study (September 4, 2002 9:34:00 PM)
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Comment on Manual Therapy Best Alternative Treatment for Neck Pain Relief Study
from Medscape Family Medicine
Posted 08/29/2002
John J. Fraser, PT, MS
Dear Editor,
I am writing to comment on the study "Manual Therapy, Physical Therapy, or Continued Care by a General Practitioner for Patients With Neck Pain. A Randomized, Controlled Trial."[1] Physical therapists provide services to patients/clients who have impairments, functional limitations, disabilities, and changes in physical function and health status resulting from injury, disease, or other causes. Physical therapy is executed through the skilled examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and intervention of the musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiovascular/pulmonary, and integumentary systems. The interventions are purposeful interactions of the physical therapist with the patient/client and, when appropriate, with other individuals in the patient/client care realm. Various physical therapy procedures and techniques are used to produce changes in the condition that are consistent with the diagnosis and prognosis.
I believe the authors of this study misrepresented physical therapy when limiting intervention exclusively to exercise in this study. This is surprising since the authors utilized physical therapists as the practitioners providing the manual therapy.
John J. Fraser, PT, MS
Editor's Note: This letter is in response to a study summarized in the July edition of the Family Medicine Journal Scan, currently available at [URL=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/438382_2.]http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/438382_2.[/URL]
Medscape Family Medicine 2(2), 2002. © 2002 Medscape
[This message has been edited by johnjfraser (edited September 05, 2002).]
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