Diaphragm's Manual Therapy in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

"Real Diaphragm manoeuvres The experimental manoeuvres include the Doming The Diaphragm Technique as described by Digiovanna (2004), Chila (2011) and Yao (2014) and the Manual Diaphragm Release Technique as described by Ricard (2009), De Coster (2005) and Roha (2015). Both manoeuvres are performed in two sets of 10 repetitions, within a 1-minute interval.~Multifaced physiotherapy/osteopathic treatment includes: vertebral mobilisations (C0-D1), high-velocity low-amplitude (HVLA) thrusts of the cervical spine, soft tissue techniques"

"Sham Diaphragm manoeuvre: the physiotherapist will simply lie hands on the rib cage, and rest along the anterolateral costal margin below rib 7, during normal breathing of the patient for 40 breathes.~Multifaced physiotherapy/osteopathic treatment includes: vertebral mobilisations (C0-D1), high-velocity low-amplitude (HVLA) thrusts of the cervical spine, soft tissue techniques"