Efficacy of Massage for Neck Pain

//Efficacy of Massage for Neck Pain

The authors of a recent study published in Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine evaluate the evidence of whether massage therapy (MT) is effective for neck pain in older adults. The authors conducted a randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were identified through searches of 5 literature databases using the following search terms: “neck pain, neck disorders, cervical vertebrae, massage.” The authors conclude that “there were no valid lines of evidence of massage therapy on improving dysfunction,” and that “high quality RCTs are urgently needed to confirm these results and continue to compare massage therapy with other active therapies for neck pain.”

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2018-10-01T00:04:59-04:00

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