Effect of Massage Therapy in Cortisol Level

NCT ID: NCT02440412

Last Updated: 2015-05-12

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

15 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-07-31

Study Completion Date

2015-03-31

Brief Summary

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This study evaluates the effect of a single session of Massage Therapy in salivary cortisol level. All participants were assessed on three conditions: Massage session, rest in supine position listening music, and under normal working conditions. The hypothesis of the investigators is that the effect of the massage action in reduction of cortisol is superior to only rest.

Detailed Description

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Several studies have postulated that one of the physiological markers of the effect of massage therapy is to reduce the level of cortisol, the "stress hormone". However it is not clear whether the effect is due to the manual action on the skin, or only by the relaxation induced rest. Therefore the variation of salivary cortisol in both conditions, and also in everyday working conditions was compared. Cortisol has a circadian cycle, with a maximum value upon awakening, which decreases during the morning; therefore a sample of saliva (in Salivette tube) it was collected in the three experimental conditions at the same hour time in the morning: 8:45(after intervention), and 9:30 and 10.30 (both, before).

Conditions

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Asymptomatic State

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Massage Therapy

A 45 minutes massage therapy (manual) standardized session, based in Swedish techniques.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Massage Therapy

Intervention Type OTHER

It's a Physical Therapy manual procedure, based in Swedish technique, and applied in a standirzed way for all participants (stroke, kneading, pressure).

Rest condition

45 minutes of rest in supine position, listening music with headphones, and warm condition.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Rest in supine

Intervention Type OTHER

It's only rest, in a clinic stretcher, with warm ambient temperature, and listening relaxing music with headphones.

Control

Normal working condition, as a office workers (secretaries and managements employees)

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Massage Therapy

It's a Physical Therapy manual procedure, based in Swedish technique, and applied in a standirzed way for all participants (stroke, kneading, pressure).

Intervention Type OTHER

Rest in supine

It's only rest, in a clinic stretcher, with warm ambient temperature, and listening relaxing music with headphones.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Office/administrative workers of Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile.

Exclusion Criteria

* Musculoskeletal disease or injury in spine.
* Body Mass Index over 35.
* Smoking (over three cigars at day)
* Depression.
* Pregnancy
* Corticosteroid treatment.
* Skin wound or disease.
* Intolerance to the prone position.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Chile

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Rodrigo Antonio Rojo Castro

Academic Of Department of Physical Therapy

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Rodrigo A Rojo, Msc.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Physical Therapy Department, University of Chile

Locations

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Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

Site Status

Countries

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Chile

References

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Moyer CA, Rounds J, Hannum JW. A meta-analysis of massage therapy research. Psychol Bull. 2004 Jan;130(1):3-18. doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.130.1.3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 14717648 (View on PubMed)

Rapaport MH, Schettler P, Bresee C. A preliminary study of the effects of repeated massage on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and immune function in healthy individuals: a study of mechanisms of action and dosage. J Altern Complement Med. 2012 Aug;18(8):789-97. doi: 10.1089/acm.2011.0071. Epub 2012 Jul 9.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22775448 (View on PubMed)

Field T, Ironson G, Scafidi F, Nawrocki T, Goncalves A, Burman I, Pickens J, Fox N, Schanberg S, Kuhn C. Massage therapy reduces anxiety and enhances EEG pattern of alertness and math computations. Int J Neurosci. 1996 Sep;86(3-4):197-205. doi: 10.3109/00207459608986710.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 8884390 (View on PubMed)

Lindgren L, Rundgren S, Winso O, Lehtipalo S, Wiklund U, Karlsson M, Stenlund H, Jacobsson C, Brulin C. Physiological responses to touch massage in healthy volunteers. Auton Neurosci. 2010 Dec 8;158(1-2):105-10. doi: 10.1016/j.autneu.2010.06.011.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 20638912 (View on PubMed)

Arroyo-Morales M, Olea N, Ruiz C, del Castilo Jde D, Martinez M, Lorenzo C, Diaz-Rodriguez L. Massage after exercise--responses of immunologic and endocrine markers: a randomized single-blind placebo-controlled study. J Strength Cond Res. 2009 Mar;23(2):638-44. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318196b6a6.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 19197204 (View on PubMed)

Lovas J. The effects of massage therapy on the human immune response in healthy adults. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2002; 143-150

Reference Type RESULT

Moyer CA, Seefeldt L, Mann ES, Jackley LM. Does massage therapy reduce cortisol? A comprehensive quantitative review. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2011 Jan;15(1):3-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2010.06.001. Epub 2010 Jul 2.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 21147413 (View on PubMed)

Field T, Diego M, Hernandez-Rief M. Massage therapy research. Developmental Review. 2007; 27: 75-8

Reference Type RESULT

Field T, Diego M, Cullen C, Hernandez-Reif M, Sunshine W, Douglas S. Fibromyalgia pain and substance P decrease and sleep improves after massage therapy. J Clin Rheumatol. 2002 Apr;8(2):72-6. doi: 10.1097/00124743-200204000-00002.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17041326 (View on PubMed)

Field T, Hernandez-Reif M, Diego M, Schanberg S, Kuhn C. Cortisol decreases and serotonin and dopamine increase following massage therapy. Int J Neurosci. 2005 Oct;115(10):1397-413. doi: 10.1080/00207450590956459.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 16162447 (View on PubMed)

Moraska A, Pollini RA, Boulanger K, Brooks MZ, Teitlebaum L. Physiological adjustments to stress measures following massage therapy: a review of the literature. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2010 Dec;7(4):409-18. doi: 10.1093/ecam/nen029. Epub 2008 May 7.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 18955340 (View on PubMed)

Field T. Massage therapy research review. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2014 Nov;20(4):224-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2014.07.002. Epub 2014 Aug 1.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 25172313 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Kine015

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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