Deep Friction Massage for Intercostal Pain in Patients With Heart Disease

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Heart Diseases; Pain
• Interventions: Other: heat-pack with massage; Other: heat-pack only

• Registration Number: NCT01803529
• Lead Sponsor: St. Olavs Hospital

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2003-10
• Primary Completion: 2008-09
• Study Completion: 2009-10
• Study First Submitted: 2013-02-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-02-28
• Study First Posted: 2013-03-04
• Status Verified: 2016-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-01-18
• Last Update Posted: 2016-01-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 29

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
heat-pack with massage	heat-pack with massage	deep friction massage and standard heat-pack given a maximum of 8 treatments
heatpack only	heat-pack only	standard heat-pack given a maximum of 8 treatments

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pain	3 months	Analogue Scale (VAS) 0 to 100, where 0 is no pain and 100 intolerable pains

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
quality of life	3 months	Health-related Quality of life ( HRQL) was evaluated by the disease-specific instrument MacNew and the generic instrument SF-36

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

St Olavs University Hospital; 🇳🇴 Trondheim, Norway