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Traditional Chinese Medicine Pediatric Massage for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms

NCT04237259 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2020-02-05

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Summary

This project is designed to preliminarily assess the effects and feasibility of parent-delivered TCM pediatric massage for ADHD symptoms in preschool children.

Conditions

  • ADHD

Interventions

OTHER

Parent-administered TCM pediatric massage training

Massage therapy is a kind of complementary and alternative therapy, which involves a number of techniques such as friction, pressing, rubbing, grasping, pinching, and kneading. TCM pediatric massage, also called pediatric tuina and pediatric anmo, is a special part of TCM massage system that usually use lines or surfaces rather than points as acupoints and the manipulations are different from those of TCM adult massage. From TCM perspective, the pathogenesis of ADHD is the abnormal exuberance of yang, which can be relieved by specific approaches of massage. Participants in this group will receive two TCM pediatric massage training sessions (5 hours in total, one is 3 hours, and the other is 2 hours). The protocol will be tested for feasibility at the first feasibility stage (the first 8 subjects).

OTHER

Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise

The principle of progressive muscle relaxation exercise is to achieve a relaxation state through relaxing our muscles. With training, we become more familiarized with the sense of relaxation so that we can voluntarily induce this sensation in the face of a stressor.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-02-01
Primary Completion
2020-07-31
Completion
2020-07-31

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