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Effect of Massage Therapy in Cortisol Level

NCT02440412 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2015-05-12

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Summary

This study evaluates the effect of a single session of Massage Therapy in salivary cortisol level. All participants were assessed on three conditions: Massage session, rest in supine position listening music, and under normal working conditions. The hypothesis of the investigators is that the effect of the massage action in reduction of cortisol is superior to only rest.

Conditions

  • Asymptomatic State

Interventions

OTHER

Massage Therapy

It's a Physical Therapy manual procedure, based in Swedish technique, and applied in a standirzed way for all participants (stroke, kneading, pressure).

OTHER

Rest in supine

It's only rest, in a clinic stretcher, with warm ambient temperature, and listening relaxing music with headphones.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Chile

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rodrigo A Rojo, Msc. · Physical Therapy Department, University of Chile

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-31
Primary Completion
2014-11-30
Completion
2015-03-31

Countries

  • Chile

Study Locations

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