To observe the effects of Mekenzie therapy combined with nerval mobilization on pain and cervical motion limitation in patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy (CSR) pain.

One hundred and fifty-eight patients with CSR pain were randomly divided into Mekenzie group and combined group in Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Gansu Province from September 2015 to March 2017, with seventy-nine cases in each group. The patients were given routine physical therapy combined with Mekenzie therapy in Mekenzie group, while Mekenzie therapy combined with neural mobilization in combined group. All patients were treated for two courses. VAS and NDI were all evaluated.

The VAS in combined group was decreased significantly at 7 d after the treatment, and even lower in Mekenzie group (P<0.05). Compared with pretreatment and at 7 d after treatment, the VAS in the two groups was significantly decreased at 14 d after treatment (P<0.05), and the VAS was significantly lower in combined group than that in the Mekenzie group (P<0.05). The cervical motion degree was significantly increased in the two groups after treatment (P<0.05), and the cervical motion degree was significantly higher in combined group than that in the Mekenzie group (P<0.05). The NDI was significantly decreased in the combined group and the Mekenzie group after treatment (P<0.05), and the NDI was significantly lower in the combined group than that in the Mekenzie group (P<0.05). The total effective rate was significantly higher in the combined group than that in the Mekenzie group after treatment (P<0.05).

Mekenzie therapy combined with nerval mobilization can effectively relieve the degree of pain, improve the activity of the cervical spine, and is conducive to the recovery of cervical function in the treatment of patients with CSR pain.

Mekenzie therapy; Neural mobilization; Cervical spondylotic radiculopathy; Pain; Cervical mobility