The Effectiveness of Massage Therapy in Patients With Shoulder Pain

NCT ID: NCT06520254

Last Updated: 2024-07-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2020-03-20

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of massage in pain reduction and its influence on the range of motion of the shoulder complex in SP.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Does normalizing tissue tension through massage therapy in the intercostal nerve entrapment mechanism reduce pain in the shoulder area?

2. Does normalizing tissue tension through massage therapy in the intercostal nerve entrapment mechanism increase the range of motion of the shoulder complex?

Researchers will compare a dedicated massage protocol to a control group to see if the massage protocol works to treat shoulder pain.

Participants in the massage group will:

Take part in 6 massage sessions (twice a week for 3 weeks) in the

Participants in the control group will:

Take part in 2 massage sessions (after the first and second assessment)

Detailed Description

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of massage therapy based on tensegrity principle in pain reduction and its influence on the range of motion of the shoulder complex in shoulder pain. .

Eesearch questions:

1. Does the normalization of the tension of the tissues involved in the intercostal nerve entrapment mechanism reduce pain in the shoulder area?

2. Does the normalization of the tension of the tissues involved in the intercostal nerve entrapment mechanism increase the range of motion of the shoulder complex?

3. Does the intercostal nerve entrapment affect the pressure sensitivity of the muscles including the shoulder complex?89

4. What potential mechanisms may be induced by tensegrity massage in diseases of the shoulder complex?

Patients with symptoms of shoulder pain will be recruited for the study by general practitioners.

The following parameters related to the function of shoulder will be assessed:

1. The active range of flexion, abduction and extension-adduction-rotation (hand behind back) of the upper limb were assessed.

2. Pain sensations by the visual analogue scale-VAS

3. The functional status of the shoulder complex by the UCLA scale (The University of California at Los Angeles Shoulder Score).

4. Pain treshold by an algometer, the pressure

The study will rely on the palpation assessment and the massage methodology described in the recommendations of the Polish Society of Physiotherapy, Polish Society of Family Medicine and College of Family Physicians in Poland.

Conditions

Shoulder Pain

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Massage group

Participants in the massage group will receive 6 massage sessions (twice a week for 3 weeks).

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Massage therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

A 30-minute massage session will be applied in the following structures:

• Flexor hallucis longus muscle,
• Flexor digitorum longus muscle,
• Tibialis posterior muscle,
• Semitendinosus muscle,
• Semimembranosus muscle,
• Gluteus maximus muscle,
• Longissimus muscle,
• Levator costarum muscles 1-5 During the massage session basic Swedish massage techniques were used.

Control group

Participants in the control group will receive 2 massage sessions, first one at the baseline, second one after 3 weeks.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Massage therapy

A 30-minute massage session will be applied in the following structures:

• Flexor hallucis longus muscle,
• Flexor digitorum longus muscle,
• Tibialis posterior muscle,
• Semitendinosus muscle,
• Semimembranosus muscle,
• Gluteus maximus muscle,
• Longissimus muscle,
• Levator costarum muscles 1-5 During the massage session basic Swedish massage techniques were used.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• age over 40 years,
• written consent to participate in the study,
• pain in the shoulder girdle area lasting at least 3 months,
• no medical contraindication of massage therapy;

Exclusion Criteria

• Injuries, congenital defects in the chest area, cancer, deep vein thrombosis, heart attack in the last 5 years,
• Presence of inflammatory conditions in the respiratory, digestive, and genitourinary systems

• Minimum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Krzysztof Kassolik, Phd

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Anna Dobrzycka, Phd

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Idependent researcher

Locations

Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences

Wroclaw, , Poland

Countries

Poland

References

Artus M, Holt TA, Rees J. The painful shoulder: an update on assessment, treatment, and referral. Br J Gen Pract. 2014 Sep;64(626):e593-5. doi: 10.3399/bjgp14X681577. No abstract available.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 25179075 (View on PubMed)

Kassolik K, Jaskolska A, Kisiel-Sajewicz K, Marusiak J, Kawczynski A, Jaskolski A. Tensegrity principle in massage demonstrated by electro- and mechanomyography. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2009 Apr;13(2):164-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2007.11.002. Epub 2007 Dec 21.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 19329052 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

Pain in shoulder

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id