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- Title
Heat or cold packs for neck and back strain: a randomized controlled trial of efficacy.
- Authors
Garra, Gregory; Singer, Adam J; Leno, Richard; Taira, Breena R; Gupta, Neeraj; Mathaikutty, Beena; Thode, Henry J
- Abstract
Acute back and neck strains are very common. In addition to administering analgesics, these strains are often treated with either heat or cold packs. The objective of this study was to compare the analgesic efficacy of heat and cold in relieving pain from back and neck strains. The authors hypothesized that pain relief would not differ between hot and cold packs.
- Publication
Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 2010, Vol 17, Issue 5, p484
- ISSN
1553-2712
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00735.x