Tuina therapy plus resistance exercise vs. Tuina alone for mechanical neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tuina and exercise therapy are widely used to treat mechanical neck pain (MNP), but evidence on their combined efficacy remains limited. This study evaluated the effectiveness of Tuina combined with resistance exercise (RE) versus Tuina alone in managing MNP.

Methods

We conducted a 4-week, analyst-blinded, randomized controlled trial with 90 participants with MNP. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either Tuina Therapy plus RE (TTRE, n = 45) or Tuina alone (n = 45). Both groups underwent two Tuina sessions per week for 4 weeks (eight sessions in total). In addition, the TTRE group performed RE three times daily for 4 weeks. Each RE consisted of 5 s of static resistance followed by 2 s of relaxation. The number of repetitions per session i

SUBMITTER: Zheng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12862936 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature