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CUHK_CCRB00535

2016-11-24

Prospective

CRE.2016.486-T

Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Department of Occupational Therapy, PWH

Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive care, PWH

Department of Occupational Therapy, PWH

Form a group with the primary sponsor in which the responsibilities of sponsorship are allocated among the members of the group

Winnie SAMY

Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, CUHK, Shatin

2632 2735

wsamy@cuhk.edu.hk

Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, PWH

Hong Kong

YING Chee Lun Aaron

Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin

55699271

dr@claying.net

Department of Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, PWH

Hong Kong

A Prospective Randomized Control Trial on the Effectiveness of Bowen Therapy for management of Myofascial Neck pain and Enhancement of Nurse Triage

A Prospective Randomized Control Trial on the Effectiveness of Bowen Therapy for management of Myofascial Neck pain and Enhancement of Nurse Triage

保雲療法在治療頸部肌筋膜疼痛成效之前瞻隨機性研究及改善由護士轉介的分流過程

Hong Kong

Yes

2016-10-28

Joint CUHK-NTEC Clinical Research Ethics Committee

2016.486-T

Myofascial neck pain

Other

Bowen therapy - a kind of treatment modalities being practiced by Occupational Therapists

Bowen therapy is a technique of fascial work, characterized as being an effective non-invasive, gentle approach to improve health and well-being and accomplishes holistic balance in the body efficiently. It is safe to use on almost anyone, from newborn to elderly as there are no vigorous manipulations employed in the treatment. In Hong Kong, Bowen therapy is one of the treatment modalities being adopted and practiced by Occupational therapists. Yet to date there is a lack of adequate clinical trials to validate the effectiveness of Bowen Therapy to different conditions that hinder clinicians in recommending this therapy to patients. This prospective randomized study evaluates the effectiveness of Bowen Therapy and we expect this non-invasive treatment is superior to the conventional treatment in the pain management of myofascial neck pain.

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A total of 8 sessions of Bowen therapy, each Bowen session will last fro 30 minutes to one hour.

once every week for the first 4 weeks and then once every two week for the remaining 4 sessions

The control group will receive conventional treatment for myofascial neck pain.

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during study period (ie. 24 weeks)

no difference from usual conventional treatment

Consenting adult (age 18-75) with subacute or chronic myofascial neck problem with at least 1 trigger point presents at the neck region, and agrees to discontinue other alternative treatments once giving consent to participate unless approved by the investigators.

Patient refusal, pregnancy, confirmed to be unsuitable to participate by pain specialists due to the presence of urgent or severe co-morbidities or conditions, known severe psychiatric illness, known malignancy, skin disease, infectious disease, severe cardiovascular disease, patients taking anti-coagulants, and patients who are being randomized to receive Bowen therapy (Group 2), receiving concurrent treatment or intervention for pain control such as alternative medicine, physiotherapy, chiropractor, but refuse to discontinue during study period will be excluded.

18

75

Both Male and Female

Interventional

Randomized

Randomized control trial

Active

Single-blind

Investigator/research team

Parallel

Other

Long established practice

2016-12-01

90

Recruiting

The pressure pain threshold (PPT) in pounds/Newton measured by algometer at the pain sites of both groups of patients at 3 different time points [i.e. before the treatment (0 week), the end of the treatment (12th week) and the 24th weeks].

Pressure pain threshold in pounds/ Newton

Before treatment (0 week), end of treatment (12th week), and the 24th week

pain score, the wellness of patient (physical, mental , & functional status). process of nurse triage & referral process

pain score in numeric rating scale (NRS), wellness of patient by questionnaires (GAD7, PHQ9, SF12, NDI) & measured neck range of movement. Research team will review the nurse triage process at the end of study

Before treatment (0 week), end of treatment (12th week), and the 24th week

No

2021-01-26

ChiCTR-INR-16010046

2016-11-24

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