Title {1}	Effectiveness of Anapana, Body scan and Metta meditation techniques on chronic neck and shoulder region pain and disability in adult patients in Sri Lanka.: study protocol for a cluster clinic-level parallel randomised controlled trial.
Trial registration {2a and 2b}.	ISRCTN12146140 Date of registration: 20/08/2021
Protocol version {3}	Version 1. 08.03.2022
Funding {4}	Personal funds of the corresponding author
Author details {5a}	1Aranjan Lionel Karunanayake, 2Emma Solomon-Moore, 3Nikki Coghill 1 Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka & Department for Health, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom 2,3Department for Health, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom 1aranjan1368@gmail.com; alk26@bath.ac.uk; 2es956@bath.ac.uk 3nc385@bath.ac.uk; Corresponding Author Aranjan Lionel Karunanayake
Name and contact information for the trial sponsor {5b}	University of Bath University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
Role of sponsor {5c}	Providing educational support. Design, conduct and publication of the results of the study will be independent from the sponsor