The effect of training the deep cervical flexors on neck pain, neck mobility, and dizziness in a patient with chronic nonspecific neck pain after prolonged bed rest: a case report.

Study Design: Case report.

Background: Immobilization and chronic neck pain may cause a transformation of muscle tissue fibers. These changes affect the ability to effectively control 3-D movement of the cervical spine.

Practical use of the HOAC II for clinical decision making and subsequent therapeutic interventions in an elite athlete with low back pain.

Study Design: Resident's case problem.

Background: This case report describes the diagnostic process, based on the Hypothesis-Oriented Algorithm for Clinicians II (HOAC II), and subsequent interventions in an elite athlete with subacute low back pain. It also demonstrates the clinical application of the HOAC II and shows how disablement terms, as used in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health model, can be integrated into patient management in a manner that we believe enhances clinical practice.