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.
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.
Childs
John D
JD
US Army-Baylor University Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy, San Antonio, Texas, USA. childsjd@sbcglobal.net
Cleland
Joshua A
JA
Elliott
James M
JM
Teyhen
Deydre S
DS
Wainner
Robert S
RS
Whitman
Julie M
JM
Sopky
Bernard J
BJ
Godges
Joseph J
JJ
Flynn
Timothy W
TW