Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
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J Manipulative Physiol Ther · Jul 2007
Randomized Controlled TrialEffectiveness of traditional bone setting in chronic neck pain: randomized clinical trial.
This study evaluates the effectiveness of traditional bone setting (TBS) in chronic neck pain (cNP) compared with conventional physiotherapy (PT) and massage (M). ⋯ Traditional bone setting, which is a soft manual mobilization technique focusing on the muscles, joints, and ligaments, appears to be effective in cNP. Two thirds of subjects experienced it as beneficial, and it seems to be able to improve disability and pain in patients with cNP. Subjective and partially objective benefits of TBS were found in those patients more than after other interventions, and the effects lasted at least for 1 year.