Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Concomitant Treatment with Chuna Manual Therapy and Usual Care for Whiplash Injuries: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- The majority of clinical trials assessing mobilization and manipulation for neck pain lack a pragmatic approach: a systematic review of 174 trials.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2024Pooled it
- Cost-Effectiveness of Chuna Manual Therapy and Usual Care, Compared with Usual Care Only for People with Neck Pain following Traffic Accidents: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Multi-Institutional Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Manual Maintenance Therapy for Chronic Bothersome Neck Pain.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- The Effects of Cervical Manipulation Compared with a Conventional Physiotherapy Program for Patients with Acute Whiplash Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Lack of pragmatic attitude of self-labelled pragmatic trials on manual therapy: a methodological review.BMC medical research methodology · 2024Review
- Effectiveness and Safety of Pharmacopuncture on Inpatients with Tension Headache Caused by Traffic Accidents: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Efficacy and Safety of Korean Herbal Medicine for Patients with Post-Accident Syndrome, Persistent after Acute Phase: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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12 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesWe aimed to compare the effectiveness and safety of Chuna manual therapy combined with usual care to those of usual care alone for treating whiplash injuries.
designA two-arm, parallel, assessor-blinded, multicenter pragmatic randomized clinical trial.
settingThree hospitals in Korea.
participantsOverall, 132 participants between 19 and 70 years of age, involved in traffic accidents and treated at three hospitals in Korea, >2 but <13 weeks prior to enrollment, with neck pain consistent with whiplash-associated disorder grades I and II and a numeric rating scale score ≥5 were included.
interventionsParticipants were equally and randomly allocated to the Chuna manual therapy and usual care ( PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome was the number of days to achieve a 50% pain reduction. Secondary outcomes included areas under the 50% numeric rating scale reduction curve: pain, disability, quality of life, and safety.
resultsThe Chuna manual therapy + usual care group (23.31 ± 21.36 days;
conclusionsIn patients with subacute whiplash injury, Chuna manual therapy showed a rapid rate of recovery, high effectiveness, and safety.
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