EFFE C T OF MAITLAND V S MULLIGAN MOBILIS A TION TE CHNIQUE ON UPPER THORA CIC SPINE IN P A TIENT S WITH NON-SPE CIFIC NE CK P AIN - A C OMP ARA TIVE S TUD Y

Background and introduction: Neck pain is a frequent and disabling complaint in general population. One of the most common causes of neck pain is mechanical dysfunction of cervical spine. Although diverse methods have been proposed for increasing cervical range of motion, joint mobilisation has been confirmed as effective in several studies. The current study will compare the effect of three different treatment protocols i.e. Maitland mobilisation, Mulligan mobilisation and conventional treatment on upper thoracic spine on female pat ients with neck pain. This study tries to find out new effective method for reducing the problem of pain. Method: 30 subjects were selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria were randomly divided into three groups: Maitland, Mulligan mobilization along with conventional treatment. Pre and post r eading at 0 day, 14 th day and 21 th day were recorded for NDI and NPRS scale. Results: After three week protocol it was found that all the three groups showed significant improvement in NDI and NPRS score within the group. The present finding shows that Group B (Maitland) shows signifi cant improvements in the NDI score and Group C (Mulligan) would shows significant improvements in the NPR S scores in the patients with nonspecific neck pain. Conclusion: The present study shows that Maitland mobilisation along with the conventional treatment prove to be more effective in improving NDI and NPRS scores in patients with nonspecific neck pain than Mu lligan mobilisation along with the conventional treatment.