Cryotherapy With Mobilization Versus Cryotherapy With Mobilization Reinforced With Home Stretching Exercises in Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Trial.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cryotherapy with mobilization (CM) vs cryotherapy with mobilization reinforced with home stretching exercises (CMS) on pain and disability.

Method: A randomized clinical trial with 2-arm parallel design, concealed allocation, assessor blinding, and intention to-treat analysis. Sixty participants were in 2 groups.

Manual Therapy With Cryotherapy Versus Kinesiotherapy With Cryotherapy for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Context: Manual therapy and kinesiotherapy are used for knee osteoarthritis (OA). Yet, a clear evidence of the effects of manual therapy versus kinesiotherapy on knee OA is limited. The addition of cryotherapy to manual therapy or to kinesiotherapy may enhance the health benefits in patients with knee OA.