Credibility of a comparative sham control intervention for Craniosacral Therapy in patients with chronic neck pain

摘要

Objectives: Determining efficacy in complementary medicine research requires valid placebo/sham control groups that are credible to patients and ensure successful blinding. Within the scope of this study, a light touch sham-control intervention for trials of Craniosacral Therapy (CST) was developed and tested for its credibility.