Anita R Gross, Haejung Lee, Jeanette Ezzo, Nejin Chacko, Geoffrey Gelley, Mario Forget, Annie Morien, Nadine Graham, Pasqualina L Santaguida, Maureen Rice, Craig Dixon
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. SEARCH METHODS: We searched multiple databases (CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Index to Chiropractic Literature, trial registries) to 1 October 2023...
February 28, 2024: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews