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Chiropractic Osteopathy BioMed Central Research Open Access The effectiveness of ENAR® for the treatment of chronic neck pain in Australian adults: a preliminary single-blind, randomised controlled trial Andrew L Vitiello*, Rodney Bonello and Henry Pollard Address: Macquarie Injury Management Group, Department of Health Chiropractic, Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia Email: Andrew L Vitiello* - mychiro@.au ; Rodney Bonello - rbonello@.au; Henry Pollard - hpollard@.au * Corresponding author Published: 9 July 2007 Received: 11 April 2006 Accepted: 9 July 2007 Chiropractic Osteopathy 2007, 15:9 doi:10.1186/1746-1340-15-9 This article is available from: /content/15/1/9 © 2007 Vitiello et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Current evidence on electrotherapies for the management of chronic neck pain is either lacking or conflicting. New therapeutic devices being introduced to the market should be investigated for their effectiveness and efficacy. The ENAR® (Electro Neuro Adaptive Regulator) therapy device combines Western biofeedback with Eastern energy medicine. Methods: A small, preliminary randomised and controlled single-blinded trial was conducted on 24 participants (ten males, 14 females) between the ages of 18 to 50 years (median age of 40.5) Consent was obtained and part