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Does the Addition of Massage to Manual Therapy and Exercise Improve Outcome in Chronic Neck Pain?

NCT02313480 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 39

Last updated 2014-12-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To date, the benefits of massage in chronic neck pain patients has only been investigated as a singular treatment, rather than as part of a treatment package. The need for this research has been highlighted in the literature (Ezzo et al, 2007; Haraldsson et al, 2006) This research aimed to establish whether the addition of massage to a program of exercise and manual therapy offers any additional benefits over exercise and manual therapy alone in the treatment of patients with chronic neck pain.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

OTHER

massage

Swedish massage was included in one arm of the study and not the other. Administered by a trained therapist as part of the usual 30 minute treatment time. Amount of massage administered dependant on Therapist's clinical reasoning

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elaine Atkins, Physio · Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-09-30

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