Clinical Effect of Massage Chair on Older Adults

NCT03732729 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2018-1204
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 80
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The use of massage chairs is becoming more popular in many countries. According to the previous reports, some manual massages have positive effects on the mood, pain, fatigue, and sleep quality. However, the clinical benefits of the massage chair have not been fully understood. In this trial, it is aimed to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of the 6-month regular use of massage chair twice a day. It is hypothesized that long-term regular use of massage chair has positive effects on the hormonal level related to the stress, inflammation, and aging, as well as physical, psychologic, and muscle quality.

Conditions

Older Adults

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Serum cortisol level

  Investigate serum cortisol level of baseline \& 24weeks between 2 groups.

  Change from baseline serum cortisol level at 24weeks

Secondary Outcomes (11)

• Cortisol/DHEA-s ratio

  Change from Baseline cortisol/DHEA-s ratio level at 24weeks

• Serum Serotonin level

  Change from Baseline serum serotonin level at 24weeks

• Serum IGF-1 level

  Change from Baseline Serum IGF-1 level level at 24weeks

• ESR

  Change from Baseline ESR level at 24weeks

• hsCRP

  Change from Baseline hs CRP level at 24weeks

Study Arms (2)

Massage chair

EXPERIMENTAL

lifestyle modification education(once)+ Using massage chair

Device: massage chair

Control

NO INTERVENTION

lifestyle modification education(once)

Interventions

massage chair DEVICE

Patient should use massage chair, twice per day, for 30minutes

Massage chair

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 50 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Community-dwelling healthy adults between 50-75 years old

You may not qualify if:

• Unable to sign his/her own informed consent
• Any disability or damages in 4 extremity.
• Who have exercised regularly more than twice a week during the last 24 weeks
• Who have received regular massage during the last 24 weeks
• Confirmed osteoporosis of T score \<-2.5 from BMD or history of compression fracture
• Cortisol-metabolism disorders or other diseases that can affect steroid secretion
• Who have taken any medication related with steroid secretion or metabolism within 2 weeks
• Expected life expectancy less than 12 months (Symptomatic heart failure, end-stage renal failure)
• Spouse is already enrolled in this research

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eunju Lee: lead
• Bodyfriend: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

AsanMC

Seoul, 05505, South Korea

Location

Study Officials

• Eunju Lee

  Asan Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: associate professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 4, 2018
• First Posted: November 7, 2018
• Study Start: December 11, 2018
• Primary Completion: April 16, 2020
• Study Completion: April 16, 2020
• Last Updated: July 28, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

KR (1)