Addition of a new three-dimensional adjustable cervical thoracic orthosis to a multi-modal program in the treatment of nonspecific neck pain: study protocol for a randomised pilot trial

Table 1 Schedule of treatments and outcome measures throughout the trial

	Baseline 0 weeks	Treatment period 10 weeks	Follow-up after 3 months
Measures
Feasibility outcomes	√	√
VAS	√	√	√
NDI	√	√	√
3D posture parameters	√	√	√
Treatments
Ambulatory mirror image functional re-training through wearing 3D adjustable CTPCO		√
Conventional treatment like moist hot pack, soft tissue mobilization, manual therapy, therapeutic exercise		√

VAS visual analogue scale, NDI Neck Disability Index, 3D three-dimensional, CTPCO cervico thoracic posture corrective orthotic

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