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Myofascial Massage in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT02646280 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2016-05-18

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Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of an approach that combines massage therapy with elements of neurocognitive rehabilitation such as motor imagery and the words of the physiotherapist compared to a traditional massage therapy in reducing pain in patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and to evaluate if and how the pain reduction is linked to the interoceptive awareness and which is the patient's ability to relax through the measurement of the hearth rate variability (HRV).

Conditions

  • Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Massage therapy

Massage therapy as a treatment option to induce a relaxation and a reduction of pain and stress in patients affected by chronic low back pain.

OTHER

Neurocognitive rehabilitation

Provided through the association of motor imagery and the words of the physiotherapist with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of massage in reducing pain.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Roma La Sapienza

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Vincenzo Maria Saraceni · Umberto I Hospital, University "Sapienza" of Rome

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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