The Effect of Slow Stroke Back Massage on Pain and Fatigue in Women With Fibromyalgia

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Massage Intervention
• Interventions: Behavioral: Massage

• Registration Number: NCT06277375
• Lead Sponsor: TC Erciyes University

Brief Summary

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FM) is defined as a non-inflammatory chronic pain syndrome with widespread pain in the musculoskeletal system, tender points (PINs) on physical examination and no specific laboratory findings. T Sampling was calculated using Power power (G Power 3.1.9.4) analysis. The effect size of the study was calculated based on the mean pain scores and standard deviations of the control and experimental groups taken from the study conducted by Field, et al. (2002). Accordingly, when 25 patients were included in each group, it was determined that the power was 85% at 5% Type I error level. The application to the experimental group will be done 3 days a week for 10 minutes for a total of 30 minutes. data will be collected with patient information form, fatigue severity scale and vas.

Detailed Description

he research will be conducted experimentally with the aim of evaluating the effects of slow-stroke back massage in patients followed up in the physical therapy and rehabilitation unit with the diagnosis of fibromyalgia.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-09-14
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Primary Completion: 2024-02-15
• Study First Submitted: 2024-02-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-02-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-19
• Study First Posted: 2024-02-26
• Last Update Posted: 2024-02-26
• Study Completion: 2024-03-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Able to communicate verbally,
• Over 18 years of age,
• no vision and hearing loss
• who have received medical treatment,
• who have never received a slow-stroke back massage before

Exclusion Criteria

• Initially volunteered to participate in the study, but did not like the application of slow-stroke back massage
• who wants to leave the study for another reason

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Slow stroke back massage	Massage	The application to the experimental group will be done 3 days a week for 10 minutes for a total of 30 minutes.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fatigue	The scale was filled in the baseline	It is a tenitem, self-administered questionnaire. Because each item has a maximum possible score of 10, the maximum possible total score is 100.
VAS	The scale was filled in the baseline	VAS consisting of a 10-centimeter horizontal line, anchored evenly by numbers from 0 to 10, was used to assess the patient's pain and willingness to repeat the procedure. The number 0 was identical to having no pain while the number 10 corresponded to maximal pain that can be experienced by the patient.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Dilek Efe Arslan; 🇹🇷 Kayseri, Melikgazi, Turkey