Craniosacral therapy for the treatment of chronic neck pain: A randomized sham-controlled trial

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 441-449

  Haller, Heidemarie ^a   Lauche, Romy ^c   Cramer, Holger ^a   Rampp, Thomas ^a   Saha, Felix J ^a   Ostermann, Thomas ^b   Dobos, Gustav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Craniosacral therapy; Manual therapies; Neck pain; Randomized controlled trial; Sham treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AGED; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944345321     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000290     Document Type: Article

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