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Can a monthly back crack keep neck pain away? new study says maybe.

NCT ID NCT06591221

Symptom relief Sponsor: Jaseng Medical Foundation Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether getting Chuna manual therapy every two weeks for 20 weeks helps people with mild but long-lasting neck pain feel better and have fewer flare-ups. 250 adults with neck pain for over a year will be split into two groups: one gets the hands-on therapy, the other gets lifestyle advice and self-exercise. The goal is to see if regular maintenance therapy can keep pain low and improve daily function.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
Chuna manual therapy (a type of hands-on spinal manipulation used in Korean medicine)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free option for managing long-term neck pain and reducing how often it comes back.
What could go wrong
This is a mid-sized trial testing a maintenance schedule, not a cure. The effect may be small, and results may not apply to people with more severe pain or other health issues.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 250 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jul 2024

Expected to finish

Mar 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

19 to 70 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

* Inclusion Criteria: 1. Aged 19 or older but under 70. 2. Neck pain with pain duration of 12 months or longer 3. NRS of neck pain over the past month is 2 or more but less than 4 4. Patients who have agreed to trial participation and provided written informed consent * Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients diagnosed with serious pathology(s) which may cause neck pain (e.g. spinal metastasis of tumor(s), acute fracture, spinal dislocation) 2. Patients with progressive neurologic deficit or severe neurologic symptoms such as spinal cord injury 3. Patients whose pain is due to soft tissue disease not the spine (e.g. tumors, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, gout) 4. Patients with other chronic disease(s) which may interfere with treatment effect, safety, or interpretation of outcome (e.g. stroke and myocardial infarction, kidney disease, diabetic neuropathy, dementia, epilepsy) 5. Patients currently taking steroids, immunosuppressants, medicine for mental illness or other medication(s) that may interfere with study results 6. Pregnant patients or patients with plans of pregnancy or lactating patients 7. Patients within 3 months after cervical surgery 8. Patients with experience of participating in another clinical study within 1 month or plan to participate in another clinical study during the study participation and follow-up period within 6 months from the participation date 9. Patients having difficult to completing the written informed consent 10. Patients who are deemed unsuitable by the researchers

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Chronic Pain chronic pain syndrome Neck Pain

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Chronic pain Neck pain

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Bucheon Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine

    Bucheon-si, South Korea

  • College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University

    Seoul, South Korea

  • Daejeon Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine

    Daejeon, South Korea

  • Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University

    Seoul, South Korea

  • Haeundae Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine

    Haeundae, South Korea

  • Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine

    Seoul, South Korea

  • School of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University

    Yangsan, South Korea

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