Massage for Low Back Pain in Nursing Staff
Massage
Application of Massage for Low Back Pain in Nursing Staff
2 other identifiers
interventional
18
1 country
1
Brief Summary
Objectives: Semi experimental Clinical Trial aimed at verifying the effectiveness of massage for lower back pain occupational as well as to assess the influence of technique in performing work activities and life in the team nursing.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable low-back-pain
Started Oct 2010
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable low-back-pain
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
October 1, 2010
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 1, 2010
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2010
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 14, 2011
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 15, 2011
CompletedMarch 15, 2011
October 1, 2010
1 month
March 14, 2011
March 14, 2011
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Application of Massage for Low Back Pain in Nursing Staff
Effectiveness of massage in alleviating lower back pain through response to 2 questionnaires (Functional Assessment of Oswestry and Risk Assessment in Movement and Transfer Scale) and the Numeric Pain Scale.
two months
Study Arms (1)
massage
EXPERIMENTALThe massage Anma has Japanese origin and a protocol was used with smoothing, kneading and pressure points on the bladder meridian.
Interventions
Massage Anmá: 7-8 sessions, twice per week, kneading and pressure points on the bladder meridian
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Voluntary participation in the study of employees with availability of time for submission to the sessions
- Not be pregnant
- Hold shift of at least 6 hours daily
- Do not go on vacation or leave care during the study period
- Reporting back pain self-reported or confirmed by medical diagnosis
- Not having passed off due to back pain in past 6 months
- Do not submit spondylolisthesis, disc herniation and sciatic pain self-reported or confirmed by medical diagnosis
- Do not use anti-inflammatory drugs
- Individuals that showed greater than 0 (zero) in the Numerical Pain Scale (10) Score higher than 15 on the Functional Assessment Questionnaire Oswestry
You may not qualify if:
- Employees who left the study or that lost more than one session
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Related Publications (1)
Borges TP, Greve JM, Monteiro AP, da Silva RE, Giovani AM, da Silva MJ. Massage application for occupational low back pain in nursing staff. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2012 May-Jun;20(3):511-9. doi: 10.1590/s0104-11692012000300012. English, Portuguese, Spanish.
PMID: 22991113DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Talita P Borges
University of Sao Paulo
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- NA
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 14, 2011
First Posted
March 15, 2011
Study Start
October 1, 2010
Primary Completion
November 1, 2010
Study Completion
December 1, 2010
Last Updated
March 15, 2011
Record last verified: 2010-10