COMPARISON OF MAITLAND AND MULLIGAN MOBILIZATION IN IMPROVING NECK PAIN, ROM AND DISABILITY

Neck pain is a common problem with point prevalence of 13 % (Bovim G et al 1994)1.Two-third of the population having neck pain at some point in their lives (Binder AL 2007 )2 Neck pain is increasing in both intensity, frequency and severity of episodes as people are increasingly sedentary. Different types of mobilization are employed to treat neck pain, but limited studies are done to compare their effectiveness of two different mobilization techniques in treatment of neck pain. Total of 30 subjects were taken and divided randomly into three groups: Group A, group B, group C (each group with 10 subjects). Group A was under conventional therapy. Group B under Maitland mobilization techniques and group C under Mulligan mobilization technique. Treatment was given 4 times a week for total of 30 days. Pain, disability and ROM were assessed by numerical pain radiating scale, NDI and universal goniometer. Assessment was done at 0, 15th and 30th day of treatment. Anova and Paired t-test were used. Statistical significance was set at 5% level. This study showed that mulligan mobilization is more effective in improving pain, ROM and disability. Although both experimental groups showed decrease in pain, disability and improved ROM but Mulligan mobilization was found to be more effective in improving pain, ROM and disability.