The Effects of Cupping Massage in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain - A Randomized Controlled Trial

Neck Pain Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Randomised Controlled Trial on the Influence of Cupping Massage on Pain Intensity and Sensory Mechanical and Pain Thresholds in Patients With Chronic Non Specific Neck Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02651766
• Other study ID #: 09-3987-BO
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2009
• Est. completion date: February 2011

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study aims to investigate the influence of 5 cupping massage treatments on chronic non specific neck pain. 50 patients with neck pain are randomised into cupping treatment and waiting list control group. Before and after the intervention the investigators evaluate the neck pain (VAS), the neck related disability (NDI), pain on movement (POM) and the quality of life (SF36) and safety. To investigate neurophysiological effects of cupping the investigators also measure mechanical detection threshold (MDT), vibration detection threshold (VDT) and pressure pain threshold (PPT) and the two point discrimination threshold at pain related and control areas.

The treatment group receives 5 cupping treatments over a period of 3 weeks.

Description:

see above

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: February 2011
• Est. primary completion date: February 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age between 18 and 75

• permanent neck pain for at least three months in a row

• a minimum of 40mm of neck pain on a 100mm visual analogue scale (VAS)

Exclusion Criteria:

• neck pain caused by trauma, inflammatory or malignant disease, by congenital malformation of the spine or if pain was accompanied by radicular symptoms such as radiating pain, paresis, prickling or tingling.

• invasive treatments within the last 4 weeks, surgery to the spine within the last year, corticosteroid or opioid treatment.

• serious acute or chronic organic disease such as diabetes or cancer, mental disorders, pregnancy, and haemorrhagic tendency or anticoagulation treatment.

• non steroidal pain medication and physiotherapy were allowed if the treatment regimen was not altered for four weeks before and continued during the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mechanical/Motor Problems With Neck and Trunk
• Neck Pain

Intervention

Procedure:
• Cupping massage
Using suction on the skin by means of glass cups, and moving the cups after applying massage oil on the skin

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Knappschaftskrankenhaus	Essen	NRW

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universität Duisburg-Essen

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

References & Publications (3)

Saha FJ, Schumann S, Cramer H, Hohmann C, Choi KE, Rolke R, Langhorst J, Rampp T, Dobos G, Lauche R. The Effects of Cupping Massage in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain - A Randomised Controlled Trial. Complement Med Res. 2017;24(1):26-32. doi: 10.1159/000454872. Epub 2017 Feb 15. — View Citation

Schumann S, Lauche R, Hohmann C, Zirbes T, Dobos G, Saha FJ. [Development of lipoma following a single cupping massage - a case report]. Forsch Komplementmed. 2012;19(4):202-5. doi: 10.1159/000341869. Epub 2012 Aug 20. German. — View Citation

Schumann S, Lauche R, Irmisch G, Hohmann C, Rolke R, Saha F, Cramer H, Choi KE, Langhorst J, Rampp T, Dobos G, Musial F. The effects of 5 sessions of cupping massage on chronic non-specific neck pain: A randomized controlled pilot study. BMC Complementary

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain intensity	100mm Visual Analogue Scale from 0mm 'no pain' to 100mm 'maximal pain'	3 weeks
Secondary	Pain on movement (POM)	100mm Visual Analogue Scale from 0mm 'no pain' to 100mm 'maximal pain' Intensity rated for 6 movement directions flexion, tension, and rotation	3 weeks
Secondary	Neck disability index	NDI measures neck pain complaints (Vernon und Mior 1991)	3 weeks
Secondary	Quality of Life SF-36	the sf-36 is a short form health survey consisting of 8 scales to measure functional health and wellbeing (Bullinger & Kirchberger 1998)	3 weeks
Secondary	mechanical detection threshold MDT	by von Frey filaments to measure perception threshold for light touch (Rolke, Pain, 2006)	3 weeks
Secondary	vibration detection threshold VDT	with a tuning fork to measure perception threshold for vibration (Rolke, Pain, 2006)	3 weeks
Secondary	pressure pain threshold PPT	with a pressure gauge algometer to determine threshold for painful pressure (Rolke, Pain, 2006) on the area of maximal neck pain, the adjacent and hand and foot	3 weeks
Secondary	Adverse events	Number of patients with adverse events	3 weeks
Secondary	two point discrimination threshold	using a pair of circles, determining the distance necessary between those to perceive them as separate sensations	3 weeks