The efficacy and safety of non-resistance manual therapy in inpatients with acute neck pain caused by traffic accidents: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neck pain and functional impairment are common complications of traffic accidents (TAs); however, the effects of manual therapy on these symptoms have rarely been studied in the literature. Thus, this randomized controlled trial aims to assess the effectiveness and safety of non-resistance manual therapy (NRT)-a treatment combining mobilization and pressure release techniques-on acute neck pain caused by TA.

Method

This study will use a two-armed, parallel, assessor-blinded randomized controlled trial design and will be conducted in the Daejeon Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine in South Korea. One hundred twenty patients will be recruited and randomized into an integrative Korean medicine treatment (IMKT) + NRT group and IMKT group in a 1:1 ratio. The primary out

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9276176 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature