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Exploring Massage Benefits for Arthritis of the Knee for VA Healthcare Users

NCT01714869 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2013-11-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out how effective and feasible an 8-week course of Swedish massage is, for reducing pain and increasing function in adults who are VA healthcare users, with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Swedish Massage

Swedish Massage, once per week for 8 weeks, 60 minutes per session.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Duke University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Adam I Perlman, MD, MPH · Duke Health

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2013-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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