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October 24, 2008 — A program of manual physical therapy and exercise was statistically significantly better in improving mechanical neck pain and disability than a program combining advice, mobility exercise, and ultrasound, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial reported in the October 15 issue of Spine.

Fueling the raging debate over which alternative care is best for pain, results of a randomized, controlled trial reported in the May 21 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine suggest that manual therapy is better than physical therapy or continued general practitioner care at relieving symptoms by 7-week follow-up.