The effect of Court-type Thai traditional massage on metabolite profiling and phenotyping in patients with neck and upper back myofascial pai

Phase 4

• Conditions: Myofasical pain syndrome of neck and upper back; Muscle pain, massage, court- type Thai traditional massage, Thai traditional medicine, myofascial pain, metabolites, mass spectrometry.

• Registration Number: TCTR20180328004
• Lead Sponsor: Siriraj Research Fund

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-03-28
• Study Completion: 2019-08-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 86

Inclusion Criteria

1)Age between 18-65 years old
2)Body mass index (BMI) between 18-29.9 kg/m2
3)Chronic neck or upper back pain on one or both sides with pain intensity measured by VAS > 4 lasting at least 3 months
4)Present of trigger points palpable in the upper trapezius muscle at least 1 site

Exclusion Criteria

1)Used any other therapies for neck or shoulder pain within the last 2 weeks as follow; physiotherapy, massage, herbal compression, stream bath, sauna, acupuncture, yoga, chiropractic, and stretching or straitening exercises
2)Extra strenuous work with serious using neck, shoulder, upper extremities, or upper back muscles such as lifting heavy things during this study
3)Used of any kind of medications or supplementary medicines within last 1 week
4)Presence of the following conditions
a.Musculoskeletal disorders
b.Cardiovascular or respiratory diseases
c.Systemic inflammatory diseases such as SLE and rheumatoid
d.Infectious diseases, skin diseases, malignancies, tumors
e.Liver and renal diseases
f.Bleeding or blood disorders
g.Hormonal diseases such as hyper- or hypo-thyroidism, and Cushing syndrome
h.Neurological diseases or psychological problems
5)Blood transfusion within the last 3 months
6)Hypertension (>140/90 mmHg), diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia
7)Fever with temperature over 38.50C
8)Pregnancy or lactation
9)Smoking, alcoholism, or drug abuse
10)Regular exercise at least 30 minutes session, 3 times per week
11)Vegetarian or vegan

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain score between massage groups 8 weeks Visual analog scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Metabolites changes between groups 8 weeks Mass spectrometry