Is blinding in studies of manual soft tissue mobilisation of the back possible? A feasibility randomised controlled trial with Swiss graduate students

ConclusionsBlinding of participants allocated to an active soft tissue mobilisation of the back was not feasible in this methodological trial, whereas blinding of participants allocated to the control intervention and outcome assessors was adequate. Findings are limited due to imprecision and suboptimal generalisability to clinical settings. Careful thinking and consideration of blinding in manual therapy trials is warranted and needed.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05822947 (retrospectively registered)
Source: Chiropractic and Manual Therapies - Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research