Cervical Spine Focused Treatment for Patients With Persistent Concussion Symptoms and Neck Pain

"* Manual joint mobilization (Grades I-V) of painful and restricted cervical spine segments.~* Supine manual cervical traction to stretch and mobilize the cervical spinal tissues.~* Manual soft tissue mobilization of the cervical, upper thoracic and/or shoulder muscles.~* Passive stretching of hypertonic muscles and active strengthening of hypotonic muscles.~* Motor-control and isometric exercises to activate the deep neck flexors."

"Standard Concussion Care interventions are individualized to each patient and their adjudicated profile(s)/moderating factor(s) and may include any/all of the following:~* Behavioral regulation~* Vestibular rehabilitation~* Oculomotor rehabilitation~* Exertion rehabilitation~* Pharmacological management~* Behavioral sleep intervention~* \*Cervical spine rehabilitation (the variable of interest in this study)~* Psychotherapy"