Massage Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain
Phase 1 Study of Massage Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain
1 other identifier
interventional
150
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether massage is effective in the treatment of low back pain and to optimize clinical therapeutic schedule of massage for low back pain.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_2 low-back-pain
Started Jun 2013
Shorter than P25 for phase_2 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
June 1, 2013
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
October 22, 2013
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
October 31, 2013
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 1, 2014
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 1, 2014
CompletedSeptember 9, 2014
September 1, 2014
11 months
October 22, 2013
September 7, 2014
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Change from baseline in Back function measured by Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire at 2 months
to assess the recovery of back function
At baseline, 4th, 6th, 8th week
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Japanese Orthopaedic Association Scores
At baseline, 4th, 6th, 8th week
McGill pain questionnaire
At baseline, 4th, 6th, 8th week
Study Arms (2)
Massage
EXPERIMENTALTo treat low back pain with massage
Ibuprofen
ACTIVE COMPARATORMedicine control group
Interventions
Massage therapy is an intervention that can be used to relax muscle and regulate displaced joints by manual manipulation.
Ibuprofen is an common analgesics which has been widely used in regular control of various pain symptom.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- In accordance of the diagnostic criteria of low back pain;
- Age between 20 and 55 years old;
- Not taking hormone drugs or antirheumatic drugs within the latest 2 months;
- No allergy history of hormone drugs Pain medicine;
- volunteer participation and signing an informed consent in writing.
You may not qualify if:
- Being pregnant or during lactation;
- Having suffered from serious psychiatric, neurologic, cardiovascular, respiratory, or renal illnesses, and so forth;
- Severe neurological deficits caused by severe lumbar disc protrusion, and operation indications;
- Receiving message therapy in past 3 months for releasing low back pain.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Acupuncture and Tuina college of Chengdu University of TCM
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610075, China
Related Publications (1)
Yang M, Feng Y, Pei H, Deng S, Wang M, Xiao X, Zheng H, Lai Z, Chen J, Li X, He X, Liang F. Effectiveness of Chinese massage therapy (Tui Na) for chronic low back pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2014 Oct 29;15:418. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-418.
PMID: 25352050DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Fanrong Liang, Professor
Chengdu University of TCM
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 2
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
October 22, 2013
First Posted
October 31, 2013
Study Start
June 1, 2013
Primary Completion
May 1, 2014
Study Completion
August 1, 2014
Last Updated
September 9, 2014
Record last verified: 2014-09