A survey of the management and classification of patients presenting with neck pain to osteopathic and physiotherapy practices

Abstract

• To investigate the management approaches of Australian and New Zealand osteopaths and physiotherapists in relation to patients presenting with neck pain.

• To investigate whether osteopaths and physiotherapists are sub-grouping their patients in a manner consistent with a treatment-based classification model in the management of patients with neck pain.

• To investigate whether the techniques applied by osteopaths and physiotherapists to patients with neck pain were in alignment with best-practice guidelines or current best-evidence