The Effect of Pressure Intensity of a Chinese Massage With the "Buffalo Horn Technique" on Pain Relief for Mechanical Low Back Pain.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 56
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain severity
研究概览
简要总结
The Investigators conduct this study to compare two different massage methods with "buffalo horn technique": the deep massage and the superficial massage. To explore the effects of the two interventions on low back pain, the investigators evaluated the outcome measurements regarding pain severity and physical functions before and after 6 times of treatment through a 3-week period.
详细描述
Background: Nonspecific lower back pain is an important global health issue, with high prevalence over the world and causing huge economic loss.
This research is a double-blind randomized controlled trial. In this study the investigators introduce a technique derived from traditional Chinese massage using a special tool made from buffalo's horns to perform the massage, so called "buffalo horn technique". The tool is like a short rod in about 15-cm length with a cone-like end. During the massage, the therapist presses the cone-like end against the painful region of back. Because the cone-like end has a small contact area with the participant's body surface, it may release deep layer fascia with higher pressure produced by the therapist toward the treatment area. During the intervention of shallow massage, the therapist applies a lower force then that used in the deep massage. Thus it produces a lower pressure on the painful region due to a larger contact surface when pressing the rod end against the body of the participant.
Participants are randomly assigned to either deep-massage group (DM) or superficial-massage (SM) group. The participants received two sessions a week for a total six sessions. The outcome measures include the structured questionnaire to investigate the pain-related outcomes and back pain-related disabilities. The investigators also perform the clinical assessments such as range of motion of trunk. All the outcomes are assessed before-intervention (pretest) and after the end of intervention (posttest).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Since the patient are prone during the low back massage, the patient will not know what treatment they receive, as the two treatments are similar and only different in the pressure force.
The primary outcome is assessed by a self-reported questionnaire. The assessor who performs the clinical assessments will be blinded to the treatment assignment.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Non-specific low back pain over 1 months
- •20-65 years old
- •No experience of massage therapy within 2 months prior to the study inclusion.
排除标准
- •Back pain associated with systemic disease (autoimmune, infectious, vascular, endocrine, metabolic, or neoplastic disease)
- •Previous spine surgery.
- •Presentation with neurological signs such as radiating pain.
- •.Skin diseases (psoriasis, urticaria, wounds, etc.)
结局指标
主要结局
Visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain severity
时间窗: 7 weeks
0-100mm VAS where 0 represents no pain and 100 represents the strongest pain
次要结局
- Roland-Morris Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire(7 weeks)
- Range of motion (ROM) of the trunk(3 weeks)
- Oswestry Disability Index(7 weeks)
- Short form of "World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument" (WHOQOL-BREF)(7 weeks)
- Pain pressure threshold(3 weeks)
研究者
Yen-Nung Lin
Director of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital