<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Inga Lundblad</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jessica Elert</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Björn Gerdle</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Randomized Controlled Trial of Physiotherapy and Feldenkrais Interventions in Female Workers with Neck-Shoulder Complaints</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Feldenkrais Research Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year></dates><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7</style></section><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IFF Academy</style></publisher><orig-pub><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, Vol. 9, No.3, 1999</style></orig-pub><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></volume><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The present study aimed to investigate whether physiotherapy or Feldenkrais interventions resulted in a reduction of complaints from the neck and shoulders (prevalence, pain intensity, sick leave, and disability in leisure and work roles) in 97 female industrial workers (not on long-term sick leave). Range of motion of neck and shoulders, VO2 , endurance score (i.e., summation of pain intensity ratings during a static shoulder flexion), cortical control according to the Feldenkrais methodology, and physiological capacity according to a dynamic endurance test of the shoulder flexors with simultaneous surface EMG were also recorded. The workers were randomized to: (1) physiotherapy group (PT-group; treatment according to the ergonomic program of the PTs of the occupational health care service), (2) Feldenkrais group (F-group; education according to the Feldenkrais methodology), or (3) control group (C-group; no intervention). Pre- and post-tests were made at one-year intervals. The two interventions lasted 16 weeks during paid working time. The F-group showed significant decreases in complaints from neck and shoulders and in disability during leisure time. The two other groups showed no change (PT-group) or worsening of complaints (C-group). The present study showed significant positive changes in complaints after the Feldenkrais intervention but not after the physiotherapy intervention. Possible mechanisms behind the effects in the F-group are discussed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Key words:&lt;/em&gt; Feldenkrais; intervention, musculoskeletal; neck; pain; physiotherapy; rehabilitation; shoulders; women; work-related&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml><style type="text/css">html, body {padding: 0;margin: 0;height: 100%;}#sp, #sp a {font-size: 9px;color: #e8e8b8;border-bottom: none;clear: both;}</style><div id='sp' style='text-align:right;'></div>

