Massage Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT01973010

Last Updated: 2014-09-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2/PHASE3

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-06-30

Study Completion Date

2014-08-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether massage is effective in the treatment of low back pain and to optimize clinical therapeutic schedule of massage for low back pain.

Detailed Description

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Chronic low back pain is a prevalent condition among adults. Large majority of the population suffer from Chronic low back pain in their lifetime. At present, there is still no standard treatment for chronic low back pain. Massage is commonly chose and widely used by sufferer as a complement to conventional treatment. However, its effectiveness is still not convinced. This trial is designed to assess the effectiveness of massage for chronic low back pain.

Conditions

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Low Back 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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Massage

To treat low back pain with massage

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Massage

Intervention Type OTHER

Massage therapy is an intervention that can be used to relax muscle and regulate displaced joints by manual manipulation.

Ibuprofen

Medicine control group

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Ibuprofen

Intervention Type DRUG

Ibuprofen is an common analgesics which has been widely used in regular control of various pain symptom.

Interventions

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Massage

Massage therapy is an intervention that can be used to relax muscle and regulate displaced joints by manual manipulation.

Intervention Type OTHER

Ibuprofen

Ibuprofen is an common analgesics which has been widely used in regular control of various pain symptom.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Tuina Pain killer

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* In accordance of the diagnostic criteria of low back pain;
* Age between 20 and 55 years old;
* Not taking hormone drugs or antirheumatic drugs within the latest 2 months;
* No allergy history of hormone drugs Pain medicine;
* volunteer participation and signing an informed consent in writing.

Exclusion Criteria

* Being pregnant or during lactation;
* Having suffered from serious psychiatric, neurologic, cardiovascular, respiratory, or renal illnesses, and so forth;
* Severe neurological deficits caused by severe lumbar disc protrusion, and operation indications;
* Receiving message therapy in past 3 months for releasing low back pain.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Fanrong Liang, Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chengdu University of TCM

Locations

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Acupuncture and Tuina college of Chengdu University of TCM

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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Yang M, Feng Y, Pei H, Deng S, Wang M, Xiao X, Zheng H, Lai Z, Chen J, Li X, He X, Liang F. Effectiveness of Chinese massage therapy (Tui Na) for chronic low back pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2014 Oct 29;15:418. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-418.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 25352050 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2011SZ0302.1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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