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The Effects of Connective Tissue Manipulation and Abdominal Massage in Patients With Chronic Constipation

NCT02373488 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2018-10-09

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Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of connective tissue manipulation and abdominal massage on severity of constipation and health related quality of life in patients with chronic constipation. According to literature, there are studies that investigate the effects of abdominal massage on bowel movements. But there is no randomized controlled trial, explore the short and long-term effects of different massage technics on chronic constipation. Hypothesis of this study is that connective tissue manipulation and abdominal massage improves symptoms of constipation and health related quality of life in patients suffering with constipation.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

lifestyle advice

lifestyle advices such as increasing fluid and fibre intake, improving physical activity level, and taking the ideal posture for defecation (squatting position) with a two-pages document.

OTHER

connective tissue manipulation

CTM wil be applied five days per week, a total of 20 sessions for 4 weeks. Each session lasted around 15-20 minutes. While patients are in a sitting position, starting from the lumbosacral region, lower thoracic, scapular, inter-scapular and cervical regions will be included in the treatment, respectively.

OTHER

abdominal massage

Abdominal massage will be applied five days a week for four weeks. Each session will last around 15-20 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hacettepe University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-11-30
Primary Completion
2018-09-30
Completion
2018-09-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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