Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Neuro Emotional Technique for the treatment of trigger point sensitivity in chronic neck pain sufferers: A controlled clinical trial. | Chiropractic Osteopathy BioMed Central Research Neuro Emotional Technique for the treatment of trigger point sensitivity in chronic neck pain sufferers A controlled clinical trial Peter Bablis1 Henry Pollard 1 2 and Rod Bonello1 Open Access Address 1Macquarie Injury Management Group Macquarie University Sydney Australia and 2Director of Research ONE Research Foundation Encinitas California USA Email Peter Bablis - pb@ Henry Pollard - hpollard@ Rod Bonello - rbonello@ Corresponding author Published 21 May 2008 Received 12 May 2007 Chiropractic Osteopathy 2008 16 4 doi 1746-1340-16-4 Accepted 21 May 2008 This article is available from http content 16 1 4 2008 Bablis et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Trigger points have been shown to be active in many myofascial pain syndromes. Treatment of trigger point pain and dysfunction may be explained through the mechanisms of central and peripheral paradigms. This study aimed to investigate whether the mind body treatment of Neuro Emotional Technique NET could significantly relieve pain sensitivity of trigger points presenting in a cohort of chronic neck pain sufferers. Methods Sixty participants presenting to a private chiropractic clinic with chronic cervical pain as their primary complaint were sequentially allocated into treatment and control groups. Participants in the treatment group received a short course of Neuro Emotional Technique that consists of muscle testing general semantics and Traditional Chinese Medicine. The control group received a sham NET protocol. Outcome measurements included pain assessment utilizing a visual analog scale and a pressure .
