Journal article
Massage for neck pain
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Massage is widely used for neck pain, but its effectiveness remains unclear.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the benefits and harms of massage compared to placebo or sham, no treatment or exercise as an adjuvant to the same co-intervention for acute to chronic persisting neck pain in adults with or without radiculopathy, including whiplash-associated disorders and cervicogenic headache.
Authors
Gross AR; Lee H; Ezzo J; Chacko N; Gelley G; Forget M; Morien A; Graham N; Santaguida PL; Rice M
Journal
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol. 2024, No. 2,
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1002/14651858.cd004871.pub5
ISSN
1361-6137