Trial reportBMC complementary and alternative medicine2012
Dosing study of massage for chronic neck pain: protocol for the dose response evaluation and analysis of massage [DREAM] trial.
Trial report in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01122836 (Dosing Study of Massage for Neck Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Dosing Study of Massage for Neck Pain
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Is manipulative therapy clinically necessary for relief of neck pain? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2017Pooled it
- Model structure for protocol adherence utilizing a manualized therapeutic massage intervention.Journal of complementary & integrative medicine · 2018Trial
- Randomized clinical trial assessing whether additional massage treatments for chronic neck pain improve 12- and 26-week outcomes.The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society · 2015Trial
- Five-week outcomes from a dosing trial of therapeutic massage for chronic neck pain.Annals of family medicineTrial
- Effect of Kinesio taping versus mechanical cervical traction combined with physiotherapy program on chronic neck pain in young female university students.Hong Kong physiotherapy journal : official publication of the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Limited = Wu li chih liao · 2024Article
- Optical Measurements of the Skin Surface to Infer Bilateral Distinctions in Myofascial Tissue Stiffness.World Haptics Conference. World Haptics Conference · 2023Article
- Therapist-Delivered Versus Care Ally-Assisted Massage for Veterans With Chronic Neck Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- The Intersection of Massage Practice and Research: Community Massage Therapists as Research Personnel on an NIH-funded Effectiveness Study.International journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork · 2014Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the growing popularity of massage, its effectiveness for treating neck pain remains unclear, largely because of the poor quality of research. A major deficiency of previous studies has been their use of low "doses" of massage that massage therapists consider inadequate. Unfortunately, the number of minutes per massage session, sessions per week, or weeks of treatment necessary for massage to have beneficial or optimal effects are not known. This study is designed to address these gaps in our knowledge by determining, for persons with chronic neck pain: 1) the optimal combination of number of treatments per week and length of individual treatment session, and 2) the optimal number of weeks of treatment. METHODS/
designIn this study, 228 persons with chronic non-specific neck pain will be recruited from primary health care clinics in a large health care system in the Seattle area. Participants will be randomized to a wait list control group or 4 weeks of treatment with one of 5 different dosing combinations (2 or 3 30-min treatments per week or 1, 2, or 3 60-min treatments per week). At the end of this 4-week primary treatment period, participants initially receiving each of the 5 dosing combinations will be randomized to a secondary treatment period of either no additional treatment or 6 weekly 60-min massages. The primary outcomes, neck-related dysfunction and pain, will be assessed by blinded telephone interviewers 5, 12, and 26 weeks post-randomization. To better characterize the trajectory of treatment effects, these interview data will be supplemented with outcomes data collected by internet questionnaire at 10, 16, 20 and 39 weeks. Comparisons of outcomes for the 6 groups during the primary treatment period will identify the optimal weekly dose, while comparisons of outcomes during the secondary treatment period will determine if 10 weeks of treatment is superior to 4 weeks. DISCUSSION: A broad dosing schedule was included in this trial. If adherence to any of these doses is poor, those doses will be discontinued.
trial registrationThis trial is registered in ClinicalTrials.gov, with the ID number of NCT01122836
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