Deep Friction Massage for Intercostal Pain in Patients With Heart Disease

NCT ID: NCT01803529

Last Updated: 2016-01-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

29 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-10-31

Study Completion Date

2009-10-31

Brief Summary

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Studies show that chest pain is a common complaint presented in both general practice and in emergency units. Musculoskeletal causes are common, but frequently overlooked. No studies about treatment of chest pain from the intercostal muscles were found by search in medical literature databases. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of two different physical therapy interventions on intercostal pain in patients with stable heart disease.

The hypothesis was that deep friction massage combined with heat-pack is more effective than heat-pack only.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Heart Diseases Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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heat-pack with massage

deep friction massage and standard heat-pack given a maximum of 8 treatments

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

heat-pack with massage

Intervention Type OTHER

heatpack only

standard heat-pack given a maximum of 8 treatments

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

heat-pack only

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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heat-pack with massage

Intervention Type OTHER

heat-pack only

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* increasing chest pain during a cardiac rehabilitation class
* stable coronary disease
* new re-vascularisation is not planned

Exclusion Criteria

* unstable coronary disease
* not able to perform the study
* abuse of drugs or alcohol
* participating in other ongoing study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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St. Olavs Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Stig A Slørdahl, md prof

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

St. Olavs University Hospital

Locations

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St Olavs University Hospital

Trondheim, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

References

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Berg AT, Stafne SN, Hiller A, Slordahl SA, Aamot IL. Physical therapy intervention in patients with non-cardiac chest pain following a recent cardiac event: A randomized controlled trial. SAGE Open Med. 2015 Apr 16;3:2050312115580799. doi: 10.1177/2050312115580799. eCollection 2015.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 26770781 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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066-03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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