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Objective: To determine if combining intermittent cervical traction with conventional physical therapy methods is more effective than using conventional approaches alone in the improvement of the grip strength and treatment of the patients with unilateral cervical 7 (C7) radiculopathy.

Design: Randomized controlled trial (RCT).

Setting: An outpatient physical therapy clinic, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Science, Iran.

Patients: A sample of convenience of 30 patients with unilateral C7 radiculopathy participated in this study. Patients were assigned randomly to a control (N=15, mean age=46.939 ±5.32) and an experimental group (N=15, mean age=47.53 ±5.6).

Interventions: Electrotherapyu/exercise treatment for control group and combined cervical traction and electrotherapyu/exercise for experimental group. Ten physical therapy sessions, three times a week for each group.

Main outcome measures …