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The Effectiveness of Massage Therapy in Patients With Shoulder Pain

NCT06520254 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2024-07-29

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of massage in pain reduction and its influence on the range of motion of the shoulder complex in SP.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Does normalizing tissue tension through massage therapy in the intercostal nerve entrapment mechanism reduce pain in the shoulder area?
2. Does normalizing tissue tension through massage therapy in the intercostal nerve entrapment mechanism increase the range of motion of the shoulder complex?

Researchers will compare a dedicated massage protocol to a control group to see if the massage protocol works to treat shoulder pain.

Participants in the massage group will:

Take part in 6 massage sessions (twice a week for 3 weeks) in the

Participants in the control group will:

Take part in 2 massage sessions (after the first and second assessment)

Conditions

  • Shoulder Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Massage therapy

A 30-minute massage session will be applied in the following structures: * Flexor hallucis longus muscle, * Flexor digitorum longus muscle, * Tibialis posterior muscle, * Semitendinosus muscle, * Semimembranosus muscle, * Gluteus maximus muscle, * Longissimus muscle, * Levator costarum muscles 1-5 During the massage session basic Swedish massage techniques were used.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anna Dobrzycka, Phd · Idependent researcher

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-01-30
Completion
2020-03-20

Countries

  • Poland

Study Locations

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