The effectiveness of Chuna manual therapy based on radiographic malposition diagnosis in patients with non-acute low back pain: A study protocol for a randomized, assessor-blind, parallel-group, controlled trial
JungHo Jo, Yeong Ha Jeong, Tae-Yong Park, Young Cheol Na, Jun-Su Jang, Minho Choi, Junghan Lee, Kang-san Kim · 2026
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JungHo Jo and co-workers lay out a trial plan for Chuna, a Korean hands-on therapy, in people with longer-lasting low back pain. Chuna treatment is guided by X-ray readings of how the spine sits. Their 2026 protocol describes a randomized trial at two hospitals with forty-six patients whose pain has lasted at least three weeks.
Half will get usual care plus Chuna sessions twice a week for four weeks, shaped to each person's X-ray pattern. The other half will get usual care alone. Pain and daily function will be tracked to three months, along with safety. As a protocol, the paper reports no results yet; it sets up the first rigorous test of X-ray-guided Chuna care.
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| CREATOR | JungHo Jo, Yeong Ha Jeong, Tae-Yong Park, Young Cheol Na, Jun-Su Jang, Minho Choi, Junghan Lee, Kang-san Kim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37458 |
| LICENSE | CC_BY |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS |