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First authors,
year,
country | Pain duration | Sample size,
mean age (year) | Duration weeks | Follow-up
weeks | Main outcome
assessments | Experimental group
intervention* | Control group
intervention* | Main conclusion
(mean improvements on pain) |
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Irnich [17]
2001
Germany | 42% >5 years | 177
52 | 3 | 12 | Pain VAS (0–100)
Cervical mobility | Massage therapy (MT)
(30 min/5 sessions) | (1) Acupuncture (AC)
(2) Sham laser AC
(30 min/5 sessions) | MT (12.70) < AC (25.30);
MT (12.70) < sham laser AC (19.20) |
Cen [18]
2003
USA | NR | 31
49 | 6 | 6 | Pain NPQ (0–100)
ROM | Chinese traditional massage
(CTM) (30 min/18 sessions) | (1) Exercise (EX)
(20 min/day)
(2) Standard care (SC) | CTM (19.22) > EX (7.58)
CTM (19.22) > SC (−4.13) |
Fryer [19]
2005
Australia | NR | 37
23 | 1 day | — | PPT | Manual pressure release
(MPR) (1 session) | Sham myofascial release
(SMR) (1 session) | MPR (2.05) > SMR (−0.08) |
Meseguer [20]
2006
Spain | NR | 54
40 | 1 day | — | Pain VAS (0–10) | Classical strain/counterstrain technique (CST)
Modified strain/counterstrain technique (MST) (1 session) | SC | CST = MST (2.60)
CST (2.60) > SC (0.03) |
Zaproudina [21]
2007
Finland | 11.2 years | 105
42 | 1 or 2 | 48 | Pain VAS (0–100)
NDI (0–100) | MT
(30 min/5 sessions) | (1) Traditional bone setting (TBS)
(90 min/5 sessions)
(2) Physical therapy (PT)
(45 min/5 sessions) | MT (21.20) < TBS (31.60)
MT (21.20) > PT (17.20) |
Blikstad [22]
2008
UK | 4–12 weeks | 45
24 | 1 day | — | Pain VAS (0–10)
ROM | Myofascial band therapy
(MBT) (1 session) | (1) Activator trigger point therapy (ATPT)
(2) Sham ultrasound (SU)
(1 session) | MBT < ATPT
MBT = SU |
Zuo [23]
2008
China | 10.4 years | 60
42 | 2 | — | Pain VAS (0–10)
NDI (0–50) | CTM
(30 min/6 sessions) | Traction (TR)
(20 min/14 sessions) | CTM (5.47) > TR (4.87) |
Sherman [24]
2009
USA | 7.6 years | 64
47 | 10 | 16 | NDI (0–50)
CNFDS | MT
(10 sessions) | SC | NDI: MT (5.50) > SC (2.20) |
Jiang [25]
2010
China | — | 60
<60 | 3 | — | Pain VAS (0–10) | CTM
(30 min/18 sessions) | Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)
(2/18 sessions) | CTM (3.40) > TCM (2.16) |
Madson [26]
2010
USA | 37.9 months | 23
50 | 4 | — | Pain VAS (0–100)
NDI (0–50) | MT plus moist heat packs and EX
(60 min/8–12 sessions) | Joint mobilization (JM) plus moist heat packs and EX
(60 min/8–12 sessions) | MT (8.50) < JM (24.45) |
Liu [27]
2011
China | 31.6 months | 90
42 | 2 | — | Pain VAS (0–10)
NDI (0–50)
ROM | CTM
(30 min/10 sessions) | (1) AC in abdomen
(2) AC in neck and shoulder
(30 min/10 sessions) | CTM (3.97) < AC1 (4.78)
CTM (3.97) < AC2 (5.93) |
Zhang [28]
2011
China | 1–3 years | 120
23 | 10 days | 24 | Pain VAS (0–10) | CTM
(20 min/10 sessions) | TR
(15 min/10 sessions) | CTM (5.56) > TR (3.85) |
Lin [29]
2012
China | 7.7 months | 70
33 | 4 | — | Pain VAS (0–10)
ROM | CTM
(12 sessions) | TCM
(3/28 sessions) | CTM (4.17) > TCM (3.49) |
Wang [30]
2012
China | 1 week–5 years | 66
38 | 2 | — | Pain VAS (0–100) | CTM
(20 min/6 sessions) | TR
(20 min/6 sessions) | CTM (2.38) > TR (1.39) |
Topolska [31]
2012
Poland | 50% >11 years | 60
63 | 10–15 days | — | Pain VAS (0–10)
NDI (0–50)
ROM | MT plus PT and kinesiotherapy
(NR) | PT and kinesiotherapy
(NR) | MT (1.40) < control (1.63) |
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