Single arm clinical trial of Mud therapy for relief pain in older people in Shogawa town.
- Conditions
- people complain of pain in lower back or legs
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000016548
- Lead Sponsor
- ASCendant Inc.
- Brief Summary
Mean age was 66.9 +/-5.3 years. Mean blood pressure was slightly lower thanreference value of the same age (systolic BP was 134.3 +/-16.9 (mmHg), diastolicBP was 88.5 +/-10.8 (mmHg)). Most reported painful parts were leg (50.0%) andlower back (50.0%). Analysis of CS-30 score showed an increase of 1.63 (form13.23 at baseline to 14.86, p=0.038) at the end of treatment period 1. A slightdecrease (from 8.68 s to 8.26 s) in TUG score was observed, but not significantstatistically (p=0.423). Almost all items from BPI-J, which measure painseverity and pain interference, were improved significantly after treatmentperiod 1(p=0.004~0.025). We compared outcome measures between baseline and week6. A 2.97-score increase (from 13.23 at baseline to 16.20) in CS-30 test at theend of treatment period 2 was statistically significant at (p=0.000).Improvement was observed also with TUG test as the score decreasedsignificantly (from 8.68 s at baseline to 7.82 s, p=0.015). Six out of 9 itemsfrom BPI-J showed a trend toward better improvement from pain (p=0.004~0.017).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Not provided
Take NSAIDs or received a nerve block injection to relieve lower body pains prior to or during the intervention.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Thirty-Second Chair Stand, Timed up and Go
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Brief Pain Inventory Short Form,blood pressure, heart beat, amylase in saliva,AD