The Effectiveness of Massage Therapy in Patients With Shoulder Pain

NCT06520254 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Pain in shoulder
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of massage in pain reduction and its influence on the range of motion of the shoulder complex in SP. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. 1.Does normalizing tissue tension through massage therapy in the intercostal nerve entrapment mechanism reduce pain in the shoulder area?
2. 2.Does normalizing tissue tension through massage therapy in the intercostal nerve entrapment mechanism increase the range of motion of the shoulder complex?

Conditions

Shoulder Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in the pain threshold of the shoulder after therapy compared to baseline

  Measuring device: The Wagner FPXTM Algometer produced by The Wagner Instruments, Greenwich CT, USA, Change = (Value after therapy - baseline)

  1) baseline, 2) 3 weeks after the first massage session massage session

• Change in the The University of California at Los Angeles Shoulder Score after therapy compared to baseline

  Measuring device: UCLA scale (The University of California at Los Angeles Shoulder Score) , Change = (Value after therapy - baseline)

  1) baseline, 2) 3 weeks after the first massage session massage session

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change in the Visual analog scale score after therapy compared to baseline

  1) baseline, 2) 3 weeks after the first massage session massage session

• Change in ROM after therapy compared to baseline

  1) baseline, 2) 3 weeks after the first massage session massage session

Study Arms (2)

Massage group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the massage group will receive 6 massage sessions (twice a week for 3 weeks).

Other: Massage therapy

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Participants in the control group will receive 2 massage sessions, first one at the baseline, second one after 3 weeks.

Interventions

Massage therapy OTHER

A 30-minute massage session will be applied in the following structures: * Flexor hallucis longus muscle, * Flexor digitorum longus muscle, * Tibialis posterior muscle, * Semitendinosus muscle, * Semimembranosus muscle, * Gluteus maximus muscle, * Longissimus muscle, * Levator costarum muscles 1-5 During the massage session basic Swedish massage techniques were used.

Massage group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 40 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• age over 40 years,
• written consent to participate in the study,
• pain in the shoulder girdle area lasting at least 3 months,
• no medical contraindication of massage therapy;

You may not qualify if:

• Injuries, congenital defects in the chest area, cancer, deep vein thrombosis, heart attack in the last 5 years,
• Presence of inflammatory conditions in the respiratory, digestive, and genitourinary systems

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences: lead

Study Sites (1)

Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences

Wroclaw, Poland

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Artus M, Holt TA, Rees J. The painful shoulder: an update on assessment, treatment, and referral. Br J Gen Pract. 2014 Sep;64(626):e593-5. doi: 10.3399/bjgp14X681577. No abstract available.

  PMID: 25179075 RESULT

• Kassolik K, Jaskolska A, Kisiel-Sajewicz K, Marusiak J, Kawczynski A, Jaskolski A. Tensegrity principle in massage demonstrated by electro- and mechanomyography. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2009 Apr;13(2):164-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2007.11.002. Epub 2007 Dec 21.

  PMID: 19329052 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Shoulder Pain

Interventions

Massage

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Arthralgia; Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Therapy, Soft Tissue; Musculoskeletal Manipulations; Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Rehabilitation

Study Officials

• Anna Dobrzycka, Phd

  Idependent researcher

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: No masking
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: a randomized, controlled, parallel, two-arm trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 20, 2024
• First Posted: July 25, 2024
• Study Start: September 1, 2019
• Primary Completion: January 30, 2020
• Study Completion: March 20, 2020
• Last Updated: July 29, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PL (1)