Standard Heat-pack With or Without Deep Friction Massage for Intercostal Pain in Patients With Heart Disease
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 29
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- pain
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Studies show that chest pain is a common complaint presented in both general practice and in emergency units. Musculoskeletal causes are common, but frequently overlooked. No studies about treatment of chest pain from the intercostal muscles were found by search in medical literature databases. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of two different physical therapy interventions on intercostal pain in patients with stable heart disease.
The hypothesis was that deep friction massage combined with heat-pack is more effective than heat-pack only.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •increasing chest pain during a cardiac rehabilitation class
- •stable coronary disease
- •new re-vascularisation is not planned
Exclusion Criteria
- •unstable coronary disease
- •not able to perform the study
- •abuse of drugs or alcohol
- •participating in other ongoing study
Arms & Interventions
heat-pack with massage
deep friction massage and standard heat-pack given a maximum of 8 treatments
Intervention: heat-pack with massage (Other)
heatpack only
standard heat-pack given a maximum of 8 treatments
Intervention: heat-pack only (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
pain
Time Frame: 3 months
Analogue Scale (VAS) 0 to 100, where 0 is no pain and 100 intolerable pains
Secondary Outcomes
- quality of life(3 months)