A randomised clinical trial was conducted in the Department of Physical Medicine, Chittagong Medical College Hospital from July, 2001 to June, 2002. The objectives of the study were to find out the effects of cervical traction (CT) and exercise on the @entity1 with @entity4720 . A total of 199 @entity1 with @entity4720 were included in the clinical trial. One hundred @entity1 were treated with cervical traction plus exercise and 99 @entity1 were treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Posture correction advice was given to all @entity1 . The @entity1 were treated for 6 weeks. There was a marked improvement in both the groups after treatment (P<0.001). But there was nearly significant difference regarding improvement in treatment with CT plus exercise than with NSAID (P = 0.06). The results indicate that the improvement of the @entity1 with @entity4720 was more in CT plus exercise than analgesics. So, CT _ neck muscle strengthening exercise may have some more beneficial effects than NSAIDs on @entity4720 .

Effects of cervical traction and exercise therapy in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity4720 :: ('MESH:D055009', 'Disease') :: ['chronic cervical spondylosis', 'cervical spondylosis']
@entity4720 :: (MESH:D055009,Disease) :: ['cervical spondylosis']
