Trial reportJournal of pain research2025
Effectiveness of Jingjin Therapy for Non-Specific Chronic Neck Pain with Extension Dysfunction: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
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- A review of the synergistic mechanisms of Yijinjing, meridian sinew therapy, dry needling, and Fascial Manipulation in chronic cervical myofascial pain based on the fascia-meridian sinew continuum.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Barriers and facilitators for the implementation of Tuina (Jingjin) for neck pain in primary care settings in China: a qualitative study protocol.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate whether Jingjin therapy, a distal manual intervention, could accelerate extension dysfunction for non-specific chronic neck pain (NCNP). Patients and Methods: In this single-centre, two-arm randomised controlled trial, we enrolled Chinese patients aged 20-60 years with active neck extension disorder, regardless of prior exposure to manual therapy. We randomly assigned 160 patients to one of the following two arms: Jingjin therapy or general manual therapy. Both groups underwent six treatment sessions: the first three sessions were administered daily, and the last three sessions were administered every other day. The primary outcome was the between-group difference in the angle of active neck extension after the sixth treatment and 1 week after treatment. A repeated-measures linear mixed-effects model was used to assess between-group differences in outcome indices, with group allocation and treatment time points treated as fixed effects and participants as random effects. Results: The change in the angle of active neck extension from baseline to the sixth treatment session was significant for Jingjin therapy (mean: 29.75° to 51.97°) and general manual therapy (mean: 28.18° to 52.49°). Further, the between-group difference was minimal (mean -0.26°, 95% confidence interval, -2.62°, 2.09°) and not statistically significant ( Conclusion: Jingjin therapy for 9 days significantly improved neck extension function in patients with NCNP, with no significant difference compared to general manual therapy. Clinical Trial Registry Id: ChiCTR2300068892.
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