Effectiveness of Anapana, Body scan and Metta meditation techniques on chronic neck and shoulder region pain and disability in adult patients in Sri Lanka: study protocol for a cluster clinic-level randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic neck and shoulder region pain affects many people around the world. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of three 8-week meditation training programmes (each using a different meditation technique: Anapana, Body scan or Metta) on pain and disability in a patient population affected with chronic neck and shoulder region pain, with a usual care control group and with each other.

Methods

This four-arm parallel clinic-level randomised controlled trial will be conducted with male and female patients aged 18-65 years, who are affected with chronic neck and shoulder region pain, and who attend one of four clinics held on four different days of the week in a single medical centre in the Colombo North region, Sri Lanka. Clinics will be considered as cluster

SUBMITTER: Karunanayake AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9667001 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature