Effect of Massage Therapy on Muscle Fatigue

NCT ID: NCT03124238

Last Updated: 2017-04-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 36 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-05-01
• Study Completion Date: 2016-11-01

Brief Summary

The main objective of the current proposal is to investigate the clinical and physiological changes triggered by massage therapy in a group of individuals with chronic low back pain experiencing muscular fatigue.

The investigators believe these objectives are in line with the "2014 Massage Therapy Research Fund research priorities", since the results produced by these investigations will generate knowledge with regard to the short term clinical efficacy of massage therapy and will provide critical information related to the physiological mechanisms underlying massage therapy clinical effects. Most importantly, the combined assessment of clinical and physiological outcomes will also yield key information to identify specific biological components of the massage therapy intervention. Determining the presence of a biological mechanism is, as for any treatment, considered one of the necessary criteria to declare a causal relationship between a specific intervention and its associated clinical effects. The investigators strongly believe that the proposed research will contribute to the identification of specific mechanisms that will complement the emerging clinical evidence supporting massage therapy in the treatment of chronic low back pain.

The proposed research project will involve researchers and future practitioners of massage therapy. In conjunction with a high quality research environment, it is the goal of the investigators to create an educational environment for undergraduate and graduate students that will foster interdisciplinary collaboration in order to ensure a diversified; high quality training of young researchers and clinician scientists working in the field of manual therapies.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Massage

Massage therapy of the lumbar muscles in a prone position during 30 minutes

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Massage

Intervention Type: OTHER

Massage therapy localized to the back of the individuals for a duration of 30 minutes

Control

Rest during 5 minutes in a prone position

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Massage

Massage therapy localized to the back of the individuals for a duration of 30 minutes

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Non specific low back pain

Exclusion Criteria

• Low back pain of specific origin including but not limited to:

herniated disk fractures spondylolisthesis

• inflammatory rheumatic disease
• infectious disease
• neuromuscular disease
• vascular disease
• connective tissue disease
• severe disabling pain
• neurologic signs and symptoms
• pregnancy

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Martin Descarreaux

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Martin Descarreaux, DC PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Other Identifiers

UQTR-2016-MASSO

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id