TY - BOOK AU - Mohamed Marzouk Mohamed Ragab AU - Enji Hamdy Elsawy , AU - Neveen Abdellatif Abdelraoof , AU - Salah Eldin Bassit Elsayed , TI - Effect of cognitive behavioral therapy in management of chronic cervical radiculopathy / PY - 2019/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamed Marzouk Mohamed Ragab , KW - Cervical radiculopathy KW - Cognitive behavioral therapy KW - Pain anxiety symptom scale N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Basic Science; Issued also as CD N2 - Background:Cervical radiculopathy is a nerve root pathology that causes chronic physical and psychological disabilities. Treatment should not focus only on underlying pathology but also related psychological factors. Cognitive behavioral therapy integrated with physical therapy appear to be the hallmark treatment for chronic radicular pain. Purpose: to investigate the effectiveness of adding cognitive behavioral therapy to physical therapy in the short and medium term for physical and psychological disabilities in chronic cervical radiculopathy. Methods: Sixty patients from both gender with age between 45 and 65 yearsdiagnosed as chronic spondylotic cervical radiculopathy were assigned randomly into two groups: Group A (control group): 30 patients received a physical therapy program of manual therapy and therapeutic exercise for eighteen sessions over 6 weeks period (3 sessions/week). Group B (study group):30 patients received the same program as group (A) plus cognitive behavioral therapy. Neck pain and function through neck disability index, Pain-related anxiety through pain anxiety symptoms scale, and cervical range of motion were measured pretreatment as a baseline, immediately post-treatment, and at 6 months for follow up UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -