ArticleTherapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease2020
The effect of osteopathic medicine on pain in musicians with nonspecific chronic neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.
Article in Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05914129 (Efficacy of Osteopathic Visceral Treatment on the Diaphragm, Stomach and Liver in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Efficacy of Osteopathic Visceral Treatment on the Diaphragm, Stomach and Liver in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Massage for neck pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- The effects of osteopathic manipulative treatment on pain and disability in patients with chronic neck pain: A single-blinded randomized controlled trial.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2022Trial
- Mindful Walking in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2022Trial
- Osteopathy for Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic and Umbrella Review of Effectiveness and Safety.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Acupotomy for Cervical Spondylosis-Related Neck Pain: A Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- "The Dark Side of Musculoskeletal Care": Why Do Ineffective Techniques Seem to Work? A Comprehensive Review of Complementary and Alternative Therapies.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Injury as a stressor in 67 first year contemporary dance students: a longitudinal cohort study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Is Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Clinically Superior to Sham or Placebo for Patients with Neck or Low-Back Pain? A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Comparison of the effectiveness of a structured exercise program on nonspecific neck pain in string and woodwind players.Rheumatology international · 2022Article
- Osteopathic Medicine in Four Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Diseases: An Observational Trial with Follow-Up.Complementary medicine research · 2022Observational
- The Association Between Stress and Injury: A Prospective Cohort Study Among 186 First-Year Contemporary Dance Students.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundNonspecific chronic neck pain (cNP) is common in adult violinists and violists and is often treated with osteopathic medicine (OM), although the effectiveness of this treatment has not been determined to date. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of OM in adult violinists and violists with cNP.
methodsIn a two-armed randomized controlled single-center open trial, adult violinists and violists, including music students, with cNP (⩾12 weeks) were randomized to either five individualized OM sessions (OM group) or to no intervention (control group, CG) in the outpatient clinic for integrative medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany. All patients received a musicians' medicine consultation and paracetamol on demand. The primary outcome parameter was the neck pain intensity on a visual analog scale (VAS, 0-100 mm, 0 = no pain, 100 = worst imaginable pain) after 12 weeks. Secondary outcomes included neck pain disability (Neck Disability Index, NDI, 0-100%) after 12 weeks. The last follow-up visit was after 52 weeks. Statistical analysis included analysis of covariance adjusted for respective baseline value.
resultsAltogether, 62 outpatients were included [OM group (
conclusionsThe results of this study suggest that OM might be effective in reducing pain intensity in adult violinists and violists with nonspecific cNP. Further studies should investigate the efficacy of OM in comparison with a sham procedure and with other effective therapy methods in high-quality multicenter trials.
trial registrationWHO Trial Registration https://apps.who.int/trialsearch/NoAccess.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/trialsearch/Trial2.aspx by German Clinical Trials Register DRKS00009258, Universal Trial Number (UTN): U1111-1173-5943.
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