Comparison of the effects between lasers applied to myofascial trigger points and to classical acupoints for patients with cervical myofascial pain syndrome.

"Conflicts of interest We certify that no party having a direct interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on us or on any organization with which we are associated and, if applicable, we certify that all financial and material support for this research (eg, 10.13039/100000002NIH or 10.13039/100008241NHS grants) and work are clearly identified in the title page of the manuscript."

"The protocol is also funded by the corresponding author, Alice MK Wong. This research was supported in part by the 10.13039/501100004606Chang Gung Medical Foundation (Grant Numbers CMRPG5E0081∼83), and by Healthy Aging Research Center and the 10.13039/100010002Taiwan Ministry of Education's Higher Education Deep Plowing Program (Grant Numbers EMRPD1K0391 and EMRPD1K0481). Grants provide personnel and consumables and the support for data analysis. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. We certify that no party having a direct interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on us or on any organization with which we are associated and, if applicable, we certify that all financial and material support for this research (eg, 10.13039/100000002NIH or 10.13039/100008241NHS grants) and work are clearly identified in the title page of the manuscript."

"Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01516502."