title: Neck pain: Clinical practice guidelines linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health from the Orthopedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association.
abstract: The Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association presents this second set of clinical practice guidelines on neck pain, linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF). The purpose of these practice guidelines is to describe evidence-based orthopaedic physical therapy clinical practice and provide recommendations for (1) examination and diagnostic classification based on body functions and body structures, activity limitations, and participation restrictions, (2) prognosis, (3) interventions provided by physical therapists, and (4) assessment of outcome for common musculoskeletal disorders.
authors.affiliation: US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, San Antonio, Texas, USA. childsjd@sbcglobal.net
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Childs
authors.forename: Joshua A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cleland
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: Deydre S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Teyhen
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Wainner
authors.forename: Julie M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Whitman
authors.forename: Bernard J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Sopky
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Godges
authors.forename: Timothy W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Flynn