Chuna Manual Therapy vs Usual Care for Patients With Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The incidence rate of neck pain is increasing worldwide, and the disease is associated with a high social burden. Manual therapy has been widely applied in the treatment of neck pain, but a high-quality, pragmatic randomized clinical trial for this treatment has not been conducted to date.

Objective

This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of Chuna manual therapy with that of usual care for patients with chronic neck pain.

Design, setting, and participants

A multicenter, assessor-blinded, pragmatic, randomized clinical trial was conducted between October 18, 2017, and June 28, 2019. This intention-to-treat analysis included 108 patients with chronic neck pain persisting for at least 3 months; patients were recruited from 5 hospitals in Korea.

Interv

SUBMITTER: Lee J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8280970 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature