Satisfaction and Feasibility Evaluation of an Electronic Massager (Expert Manipulative Massage Automation -EMMA) Compared to Massage Therapist-delivered Massage
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 发起方
- Mayo Clinic
- 入组人数
- 20
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Number of patients enrolled
研究概览
简要总结
The objective of this study is to evaluate the practicality and acceptability of using an electronic massager. Additionally, it aims to compare user satisfaction between the experience with an electric massager and a massage provided by a professional massage therapist.
详细描述
This study is being done to understand how practical and acceptable EMMA, an electronic massage device, is, and the satisfaction of the EMMA massage compared to massage therapy given by a certified massage therapist. Participants will also be asked to have two massages, one given by EMMA and another delivered by a massage therapist. The order in which participants will receive each massage will be determined by randomization.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Age 18 years or older
- •Ability to provide informed consent
- •Women of childbearing potential who self-report not being pregnant and agree to employ an effective method of birth control (surgical sterilization or oral contraceptives, barrier method with spermicides, intrauterine device, etc.) during the study period
- •Ability to complete all aspects of this trial
排除标准
- •Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- •Patients with inability of staying in a prone position
- •Patients with bleeding disorders
- •Patients with a current diagnosis of cancer or being treated for cancer
- •Patients with allergies and/or local skin affectations
- •An unstable medical or mental health condition as determined by the physician investigator
研究组 & 干预措施
Therapist-delivered massage, then EMMA treatment
Subjects in this arm will first undergo a massage therapist-delivered massage treatment. A minimum of 24 hours later, the subjects will undergo massage therapy utilizing the EMMA Massager (Expert Manipulative Massage Automation).
干预措施: EMMA (Expert Manipulative Massage Automation) (Device)
EMMA treatment, then therapist-delivered massage
Subjects in this arm will first undergo massage therapy utilizing the EMMA Massager (Expert Manipulative Massage Automation). A minimum of 24 hours later, the subjects will undergo a massage therapist-delivered massage.
干预措施: EMMA (Expert Manipulative Massage Automation) (Device)
EMMA treatment, then therapist-delivered massage
Subjects in this arm will first undergo massage therapy utilizing the EMMA Massager (Expert Manipulative Massage Automation). A minimum of 24 hours later, the subjects will undergo a massage therapist-delivered massage.
干预措施: Therapist-delivered massage (Other)
Therapist-delivered massage, then EMMA treatment
Subjects in this arm will first undergo a massage therapist-delivered massage treatment. A minimum of 24 hours later, the subjects will undergo massage therapy utilizing the EMMA Massager (Expert Manipulative Massage Automation).
干预措施: Therapist-delivered massage (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Number of patients enrolled
时间窗: Duration of study, approximately 2 years
Feasibility will be determined by the total number of patients screened in order to accrue the 40 needed to complete the study.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Brent A. Bauer
Principal Investigator
Mayo Clinic