• Yuanyi Xiao, Zhenhai Chi, Fuqiang Yuan, Daocheng Zhu, Xilin Ouyang, Wei Xu, Jun Li, Zhaona Luo, Rixin Chen, and Lin Jiao.
• College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Aug 28; 99 (35): e21879.

BackgroundMassage has been widely used in the treatment of muscular torticollis in children, but there is no objective and systematic evaluation of the efficacy of various literature, and the efficacy of massage in the treatment of congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) is not clear. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of massage in the treatment of muscular torticollis in children.MethodsRelevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) will be searched from the databases of PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang Database, Chinese Science and Technology Periodical Database, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database from their inception to May 2020. Two reviewers will independently select studies, collect data, and assess the methodology quality by the Cochrane risk of bias tool. The RevMan V.5.3 will be used for meta-analysis.ResultsThis study will provide an assessment of the current state of Chinese massage therapy for the congenital muscular torticollis, aiming to show the efficacy and safety of massage treatment.ConclusionThis study will provide evidence to judge whether massage is an effective intervention for the third lumbar vertebrae transverse process syndrome.Inplasy Registration NumberINPLASY202070086.

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