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Aspecifieke nekpijn: diagnose en behandeling - KCE

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<strong>KCE</strong> Reports 119 Non-Specific Neck Pain: diagnosis and treatm<strong>en</strong>t 19<br />

• There is strong evid<strong>en</strong>ce of b<strong>en</strong>efit for pain and function favoring a<br />

multimodal care approach of exercises (supervised) combined with<br />

mobilizations or manipulations for sub-acute and chronic mechanical neck<br />

disorders in the short and long term 38, 44 . (Grade A)<br />

• The decrease in pain and disability was found to be maintained at the<br />

three year follow-up after a neck muscle training 51 . The indices in this<br />

RCT showed no statistically discernible change compared to the situation<br />

at the 12-month follow-up. Also, gains in neck str<strong>en</strong>gth, ROM and<br />

pressure pain threshold achieved during the training year were largely<br />

maintained 51 . (Grade C)<br />

• Some support has be<strong>en</strong> found for the prescription of therapeutic<br />

exercises as an immediate pain-relieving strategy. Results of one RCT<br />

suggest that specific cranio-cervical flexion-exercises can be prescribed<br />

with the int<strong>en</strong>tion of providing an effective pain relieving modality<br />

pot<strong>en</strong>tially as a substitute for, or as conjunct therapy to, other self-applied<br />

pain relieving modalities such as medication or heat 50 . (Grade C)<br />

3.5.2 Electrotherapy and other physical medicine modalities<br />

Electrotherapy modalities include galvanic or diadynamic curr<strong>en</strong>ts, iontophoresis,<br />

transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), electrical muscle stimulation, pulsed<br />

electromagnetic field (PEMF), repetitive magnetic stimulation or perman<strong>en</strong>t magnets.<br />

However, electro-acupuncture is not included here<br />

(http://www.electrotherapy.org/modalities.htm).<br />

Other physical modalities included in this review are low-level laser therapy (LLLT),<br />

other types of laser therapy, ultrasound and thermal ag<strong>en</strong>ts (e.g. hot packs).<br />

Key messages regarding treatm<strong>en</strong>t with physical medicine modalities<br />

• Conclusions on physical medicine modalities are difficult giv<strong>en</strong> the range of<br />

interv<strong>en</strong>tions and the limited and conflicting evid<strong>en</strong>ce (Grade C).<br />

• For electrotherapy, there is inconsist<strong>en</strong>t evid<strong>en</strong>ce that transcutaneous<br />

electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) would be b<strong>en</strong>eficial in the treatm<strong>en</strong>t of<br />

chronic neck pain. For electrical muscle stimulation or other<br />

electrotherapies such as galvanic curr<strong>en</strong>t, diadynamic curr<strong>en</strong>ts or<br />

iontophoresis, there is limited evid<strong>en</strong>ce of no b<strong>en</strong>efit on pain at short term<br />

(Grade C).<br />

• For electromagnetic therapy (pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF),<br />

repetitive magnetic stimulation) limited evid<strong>en</strong>ce is found for b<strong>en</strong>eficial<br />

effects. Repetitive magnetic stimulation is b<strong>en</strong>eficial for pain and function in<br />

the short term in chronic neck pain; for PEMF this is true for pain<br />

immediately post treatm<strong>en</strong>t in acute and chronic neck pain (Grade C).<br />

• Limited evid<strong>en</strong>ce supports the b<strong>en</strong>efit of low-level laser therapy (LLLT) with<br />

infrared wavel<strong>en</strong>gths (Grade C). LLLT appears to relief pain and have<br />

positive functional changes for acute and chronic neck pain in the short<br />

term. For other types of laser therapy no b<strong>en</strong>efit was found for pain<br />

treatm<strong>en</strong>t in pati<strong>en</strong>ts with neck pain.<br />

• There is limited evid<strong>en</strong>ce of no b<strong>en</strong>efit for thermal and ultrasonic ag<strong>en</strong>ts in<br />

the treatm<strong>en</strong>t of non-specific neck pain (Grade C).

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