Effect of Self-administered Exercises on PRMD
- Conditions
- Pain
- Interventions
- Other: Placebo Tuina exercisesOther: Tuina exercises
- Registration Number
- NCT02420301
- Lead Sponsor
- Universidade do Porto
- Brief Summary
Objective: To study the effects of self-administered exercises based on tuina techniques on the pain intensity caused by playing related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD) of professional orchestra musicians, using numeric visual scale (NVS).
Method: The investigators performed a prospective, controlled, single-blinded, randomized study with musicians suffering from PRMD. n= 69 musicians were randomly distributed into the experimental and into the control group. After an individual diagnostic assessment, specific tuina self-administered exercises were developed and taught to the participants. Musicians were instructed (educated) to repeat the exercises every day during 3 weeks. Pain intensity was measured by NVS before the intervention and after the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th days of self-exercising. The procedure was the same for the control group, however the Tuina exercises were executed in non-acupuncture points
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 69
- Professional orchestra musician presenting playing related musculoskeletal pain during at least 3 weeks
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Exercises on false points Placebo Tuina exercises Self administered exercises were done in false treatment points Exercises on real points Tuina exercises Self administered exercises were done in real treatment points
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Verbal numeric scale After 20 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method