Effect of Self-administered Exercises on PRMD

NCT ID: NCT02420301

Last Updated: 2015-04-17

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

69 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-07-31

Study Completion Date

2013-12-31

Brief Summary

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Objective: To study the effects of self-administered exercises based on tuina techniques on the pain intensity caused by playing related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD) of professional orchestra musicians, using numeric visual scale (NVS).

Method: The investigators performed a prospective, controlled, single-blinded, randomized study with musicians suffering from PRMD. n= 69 musicians were randomly distributed into the experimental and into the control group. After an individual diagnostic assessment, specific tuina self-administered exercises were developed and taught to the participants. Musicians were instructed (educated) to repeat the exercises every day during 3 weeks. Pain intensity was measured by NVS before the intervention and after the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th days of self-exercising. The procedure was the same for the control group, however the Tuina exercises were executed in non-acupuncture points

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Exercises on real points

Self administered exercises were done in real treatment points

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tuina exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Exercises on false points

Self administered exercises were done in false treatment points

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo Tuina exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Tuina exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Placebo Tuina exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Professional orchestra musician presenting playing related musculoskeletal pain during at least 3 weeks
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universidade do Porto

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Cláudia Maria Gomes de Sousa

PhD student

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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claudiasousa_2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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