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. 2025 Apr 3;14:20. doi: 10.1186/s13584-025-00683-7

Table 3.

Treatment session distribution for neck and low back pain

Type of treatment Low back pain Neck pain
Treatment sessions, n
(%)
Education and advice

216,212

(21.0%)

118,590

(19.8%)
Manual therapy

134,139

(13.0%)

106,390

(17.7%)
Therapeutic exercise

213,454

(20.8%)

100,849

(16.8%)
Thermotherapy

110,235

(10.7%)

81,359

(13.6%)
Electrotherapy

170,406

(16.6%)

81,519

(13.6%)
Ultrasound

39,315

(3.8%)

28,153

(4.7%)
Traction

19,249

(1.9%)

12,107

(2.0%)
Tapping

6,423

(0.6%)

3,302

(0.6%)
Others

119,093

(11.6%)

67,819

(11.3%)
Total 1,028,526 600,088