Characterizing Responses to Massage in Individuals With Neck Pain
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 53
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Pressure Pain Threshold
研究概览
简要总结
This study is interested in whether baseline measures of pain sensitivity i.e. the amount of pressure required to feel pain predicts pain relief following a pain inducing massage AND whether pain relief following a pain inducing massage is different than a pain free massage or placing your hand in a cold water bath. Participants with neck pain will be randomly assigned to receive a pain inducing massage, pain free massage, or to place their hand in a cold water bath.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Age 18 to 60 years old
- •Currently experiencing neck pain with or without arm pain
- •Neck pain symptom intensity rated as 4/10 or higher during the last 24 hours
- •Neck pain for greater than or equal to 3 months
排除标准
- •Non- English speaking
- •Systemic medical conditions known to affect sensation (e.g. diabetes)
- •History of neck surgery or fracture within the past 6 months
- •Current history of chronic pain condition other than neck pain
- •Diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy or cervical myelopathy
- •History of whiplash
- •Currently using blood thinning medication
- •Any blood clotting disorder such as hemophilia
- •Any contraindication to application of ice, such as: uncontrolled hypertension, cold urticaria, cryoglobulinemia, paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria, and circulatory compromise
- •Pregnancy
研究组 & 干预措施
Pain Inducing Massage
Participants will receive 60 seconds of manual pressure applied to one point in their neck followed by 30 seconds of complete pressure release 4 times for a total contact time of 240 seconds. Pressure will be applied such that the participant rates the pain = 5/10 on an 11-point numeric pain rating scale with 0 indicating no pain and 10 indicating the most severe pain imaginable.
干预措施: Pain Inducing Massage (Procedure)
Pain Free Massage
Participants will receive 60 seconds of manual pressure applied to one point in their neck followed by 30 seconds of complete pressure release 4 times for a total contact time of 240 seconds. Pressure will be applied such that the participant rates the pain = 0/10 on an 11-point numeric pain rating scale with 0 indicating no pain and 10 indicating the most severe pain imaginable.
干预措施: Pain Free Massage (Procedure)
Cold Water Bath
Participants will place their non-dominant hand into water cooled by a refrigeration unit (NESLAB RTE 7 Digital One, Thermo Scientific Co., Massachusetts, USA) that circulates water continuously to maintain a constant temperature of 6 degrees Celsius (males) or 8 degrees Celsius (females). The participant will place his or her hand in the cooled water for 60 seconds followed by a 30 second break in which the participant will remove his or her hand from the water. This will occur 4 times for a total immersion time of 240 seconds.
干预措施: Cold Water Bath (Procedure)
结局指标
主要结局
Pressure Pain Threshold
时间窗: Baseline and immediately following the intervention
Pressure applied to the web space of the foot with a digital pressure algometer applied at 1 kg/s. Participants will be instructed to indicate when the sensation first changes from pressure to pain (pain threshold)
次要结局
- Numeric Pain Rating Scale Resting Pain(Baseline, immediately following intervention)
- Numeric Pain Rating Scale Movement Evoked Pain(Baseline, immediately following intervention)