Deep Tissue Massage on Stiff-neck Syndrome

NCT04815421 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: zhanglingyun
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a randomized controlled study . The objective is to observe the therapeutic effects of dredging three yang meridians of hand with deep tissue massage on stiff-neck syndrome. Methods: patients with stiff-neck syndrome were randomly divided into meridian group and paste group.The meridian group were treated once a day for 3 days and the paste group therapy was a 3 courses therapy（ one course includes 24-hour rest and 24-hour paste）. After 3 courses, pain was assessed by visual analogue scale (VAS), the therapeutic effects were compared between the two groups in every stage of the therapy and the self-controlled study.The evaluation criteria on stiff-neck syndrome is based on criteria of diagnostic and therapeutic effect of orthopaedic and traumatologic diseases and syndromes in traditional Chinese medicine . Cure: Absence of neck-stiff, neck sore and free functional activities. Improvement: partially functional activities with light to moderate pain. Failure: No improvement or alleviation of neck stiff and agony. All data will be analyzed by SPSS 16.0, the statistical difference is considered if the P\<0.05 and the significant difference is considered if the P\<0.01 .

Conditions

Massage; Meridian; Pain

Keywords

meridian; massage; stiff-neck syndrome; pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• clinical effects

  cure or improvement or failure(Cure: Absence of neck-stiff, neck sore and free functional activities. Improvement: partially functional activities with light to moderate pain. Failure: No improvement or alleviation of neck stiff and agony)

  day1 to day 6

• VAS evaluation between the 2 groups

  We used the visual analogue scale(VAS) to evaluate the score of pain score(0=none,10=maximum )

  day1 to day 6

Study Arms (2)

the paste group

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients in the paste group were treated with Nanxing paste on the affected region include shoulder, neck or back and no more than 3 pieces. The therapy duration was 6 days.

Other: the paste group

the meridian group

EXPERIMENTAL

Patients in the meridian group were treated with dredging the same side Hand yang meridian techniques

Other: the meridian group

Interventions

the paste group OTHER

Patients in the paste group were treated with Nanxing paste on the affected region include shoulder, neck or back and no more than 3 pieces. The paste lasted for 24 hours and then peeled it rested the pasted region for 24 hours and changed another paste on the pain region. The therapy duration was 6 days.

the paste group

the meridian group OTHER

Patients in the meridian group were treated with dredging the same side three yang meridian techniques(include the gliding techniques of deep tissue massage on three yang meridians of back hand (the second, fourth and fifth metacarpal bone); pinching and kneading the second, fourth and fifth phalanges of fingers of the affected side hand; Encourage the patient to try his best to roll his neck to the most tolerable degree during dredging the meridian) and the total time was about 3 to 5 minutes according the tolerance of every patient . The massage will not stop until the meridian route was relatively smooth, soft and thermal or light red. The sequence of massage is Hand Yangming meridian(LI) the first, Hand Taiyang meridian(SI) the second and Hand Sanjiao(SJ) the last. The frequency of massage was once a day.

the meridian group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 14 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• The onset of symptoms and signs are less than 24 hours
• Male or female aged from 14 to 60 years
• No other therapy before grouped
• Be willing to participate the study and sign the informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• Stiff neck patients who had diagnosed cervical vertebra or cervical spondylosis
• Suffered from systemic collagen immune diseases or other acute or chronic infection
• Use pain-killer drugs may affect the outcome evaluation
• Refuse to join the trial; Drop out in follow-up visit
• Aggravation of disease or complications during the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

Qingdao, Shandong, 266000, China

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Lingyun Zhang, Master

  The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

  STUDY CHAIR

• Xue Jing, Doctor

  The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Xiaoju Peng, Doctor

  The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Ying Liu, no

  The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Xueguo Sun, Doctor

  The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Two persons of our protocol who was unknown of the patients' treatment method and period estimated the VAS of every patient freely and evaluated the clinical effects and outcomes according to the criteria of diagnostic and therapeutic effect of orthopaedic and traumatologic diseases and syndromes in traditional Chinese medicine
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Patients who were diagnosed with stiff-neck syndrome according to the diagnostic criteria（Acute onset of severe pain and stiffness in one-sided neck after sleep; Mostly because of bad sleep posture or cold in neck, shoulder or head; Pain or discomfort can radiate to head, arm and back; Any attempt to move neck can obviously exacerbate the pain; The head slants to the affected side; Without neck injury history or other relative systematic diseases.; Neck X-ray film has no positive signs such as degenerative lesions of cervical spine; Trachelismus and rhomboideus major/ minor, levator scapulae accessible lumps or streak in muscle. All criteria conformed to the prescription in criteria of diagnostic and therapeutic effect of orthopaedic and traumatologic diseases and syndromes in traditional Chinese medicine）. They were randomly enrolled in meridian group or paste group according to the visiting time (with digital random table).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 9, 2021
• First Posted: March 25, 2021
• Study Start: March 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2021
• Study Completion: May 1, 2021
• Last Updated: April 20, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CN (1)