Therapist-Delivered Versus Care Ally–Assisted Massage for Veterans With Chronic Neck Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Niki Munk   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Joanne K Daggy   ³ , PhD ;   Erica Evans   ⁴ , BA ;   Matthew Kline   ⁴ , MBA ;   James E Slaven   ³ , MS, MA ;   Brian Laws   ⁴ , MA ;   Trevor Foote   ⁴ , BS ;   Marianne S Matthias   ^{4, 5, 6} , PhD ;   Matthew J Bair   ^{4, 5, 6} , MD

¹ Department of Health Sciences, School of Health and Human Sciences, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States

² Australian Research Centre in Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Massage & Myotherapy Australia Fellow and Visiting Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

³ Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States

⁴ Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Center for Health Information and Communication, Indianapolis, IN, United States

⁵ School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States

⁶ Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN, United States