Chiropractic for neck pain: A pilot study examining whether the duration of the pain affects the clinical outcome

The results demonstrate a positive effect for chiropractic on symptoms of neck pain. The more chronic the presentation, the more treatments were required to achieve asymptomatic status. More acute presentations were perceived as more severe, giving, on average, a higher pre-intervention score. However, the post-intervention scores were, on average, lower. Although the lack of a control group and small sample size limit the generalisations that can be drawn from the results, the overall conclusions may provide important lines of enquiry for future possible study and inform aspects of chiropractic management.