Effects of a Single Session of Massage Therapy in Salivary Cortisol Levels in Asymptomatic Persons With Administrative Tasks and / or Office Work.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 15
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change of Salivary Cortisol Level
研究概览
简要总结
This study evaluates the effect of a single session of Massage Therapy in salivary cortisol level. All participants were assessed on three conditions: Massage session, rest in supine position listening music, and under normal working conditions. The hypothesis of the investigators is that the effect of the massage action in reduction of cortisol is superior to only rest.
详细描述
Several studies have postulated that one of the physiological markers of the effect of massage therapy is to reduce the level of cortisol, the "stress hormone". However it is not clear whether the effect is due to the manual action on the skin, or only by the relaxation induced rest. Therefore the variation of salivary cortisol in both conditions, and also in everyday working conditions was compared. Cortisol has a circadian cycle, with a maximum value upon awakening, which decreases during the morning; therefore a sample of saliva (in Salivette tube) it was collected in the three experimental conditions at the same hour time in the morning: 8:45(after intervention), and 9:30 and 10.30 (both, before).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Office/administrative workers of Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile.
排除标准
- •Musculoskeletal disease or injury in spine.
- •Body Mass Index over
- •Smoking (over three cigars at day)
- •Depression.
- •Pregnancy
- •Corticosteroid treatment.
- •Skin wound or disease.
- •Intolerance to the prone position.
研究组 & 干预措施
Massage Therapy
A 45 minutes massage therapy (manual) standardized session, based in Swedish techniques.
干预措施: Massage Therapy (Other)
Rest condition
45 minutes of rest in supine position, listening music with headphones, and warm condition.
干预措施: Rest in supine (Other)
Control
Normal working condition, as a office workers (secretaries and managements employees)
结局指标
主要结局
Change of Salivary Cortisol Level
时间窗: All participants were measured in three different condition, one week apart one each other. In each condition, three measurements were performed, in the morning
Data (a saliva sample in a Salivette (r) tube) were collected at: immediately before the intervention and placebo procedure, immediately after and later, one hour after. The control condition (normal working condition) was measured at the same hours (8:45 AM, 9.30 AM and 10.30 AM) in the workplace. After collected, were refrigerated.The three conditions (intervention, placebo and office work) were a week apart. Therefore, each participant had nine measurements. Determining the level of cortisol was performed by ELISA method, after all samples were collected.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Rodrigo Antonio Rojo Castro
Academic Of Department of Physical Therapy
University of Chile