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Effects of Connective Tissue Massage on Pain After Thoracotomy

NCT05617937 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2022-11-16

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Summary

Pain can be quite severe after thoracic surgery and effective pain control is highly effective in preventing secretion accumulation, atelectasis, infection and hypoxemia. The objective was evaluate the effect of a connective tissue massage on pain, applied analgesic amounts and length of hospitalization of the patients.The study was conducted at a thoracic surgery department of university hospital in Turkey. Fifty-four patients with operated by the posterolateral thoracotomy method participated.The patients were randomly allocated to 1 of 2 groups: a control group (n27) and the experimental group (n27). Standard medical treatment, care and pulmonary rehabilitation program were applied to both groups. In addition, a total of 5 sessions of connective tissue massage were applied to the experimental group. Pain level of the patients was evaluated at every 24 hours as of the zeroth postoperative day. VAS was used as a one-dimensional scale for pain assessment. Totally applied analgesic amounts and length of hospitalization of the patients were recorded.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Massage

The connective tissue massage was started from the lumbosacral region (baseline) and was applied to the lower thoracic, scapular, inter-scapular and cervico-occipital region according to the vascular response of the connective tissue.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Akdeniz University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Neriman Aksu · Akdeniz Üniversitesi Antalya Sağlık Yüksekokulu

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-04-23
Primary Completion
2022-10-22
Completion
2022-11-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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