Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Concomitant Treatment with Chuna Manual Therapy and Usual Care for Whiplash Injuries: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 19(17)2022 08 27.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
We aimed to compare the effectiveness and safety of Chuna manual therapy combined with usual care to those of usual care alone for treating whiplash injuries.DESIGN:
A two-arm, parallel, assessor-blinded, multicenter pragmatic randomized clinical trial.SETTING:
Three hospitals in Korea.PARTICIPANTS:
Overall, 132 participants between 19 and 70 years of age, involved in traffic accidents and treated at three hospitals in Korea, >2 but <13 weeks prior to enrollment, with neck pain consistent with whiplash-associated disorder grades I and II and a numeric rating scale score ≥5 were included.INTERVENTIONS:
Participants were equally and randomly allocated to the Chuna manual therapy and usual care (n = 66) or usual care (n = 66) groups and underwent corresponding treatment for three weeks. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOMEMEASURES:
The primary outcome was the number of days to achieve a 50% pain reduction. Secondary outcomes included areas under the 50% numeric rating scale reduction curve pain, disability, quality of life, and safety.RESULTS:
The Chuna manual therapy + usual care group (23.31 ± 21.36 days; p = 0.01) required significantly fewer days to achieve 50% pain reduction compared to the usual care group (50.41 ± 48.32 days; p = 0.01). Regarding pain severity, functional index, and quality of life index, Chuna manual therapy and usual care were more effective than usual care alone. Safety was acceptable in both groups.CONCLUSIONS:
In patients with subacute whiplash injury, Chuna manual therapy showed a rapid rate of recovery, high effectiveness, and safety.Mots clés
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Traumatismes cervicaux en coup de fouet
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Manipulations de l'appareil locomoteur
Type d'étude:
Clinical_trials
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Guideline
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limites:
Humans
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Newborn
Langue:
En
Journal:
Int J Environ Res Public Health
Année:
2022
Type de document:
Article