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Effects of Massage Therapy on Sleep After Heart Surgery

NCT01095419 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2010-03-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of Massage Therapy for improving the quality of sleep in patients on postoperative period of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).

Conditions

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Interventions

OTHER

Massage Therapy

After discharge from the intensive care unit to the ward during the postoperative period, patients which were randomized for 3 nights to receive intervention (Massage Therapy)which were consisted of massage of the neck, shoulders, and back. The massage was initiated with light manual compression and progressed to deep compression. The compression was performed with the inner region of the fingers, hand-shaped clamp, and friction (digital compression with the thumb) on trigger points, cervical traction, and mobilization in all planes (front, back, and sides)

OTHER

Control

no intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundação Zerbini

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Flávia B. Nerbass, PT · University of Sao Paulo

  • Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho, MD, PhD · University of Sao Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-01-31
Completion
2009-01-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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