Stripping Massage After Thoracoscopy

Chest Pain Clinical Trial

— SMAT  

Official title:

Pain Relief Following Stripping Massage for Rhomboid Myofascial Trigger Points After Thoracoscopic Surgery

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04716816
• Other study ID #: 202011061RINA
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 17, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: January 2021
• Source: National Taiwan University Hospital
• Contact: Pei-Ming Huang, MD, Ph.D
• Phone: +886-23123456
• Email: e370089[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study investigated the effects of stripping massage (SM) on myofascial trigger points in the rhomboid after thoracoscopic surgery.

Description:

This study investigated the effects of stripping massage (SM) on myofascial trigger points in the rhomboid after thoracoscopic surgery. Sixty patients with chest pain after thoracoscopic surgery were randomized divided into two equal groups (A and B). Group A (n = 100) received conventional analgesics. Group B (n = 100) received SM twice daily in the active trigger points of the rhomboid for two weeks. The visual analogue scale, a pressure algometer, will be used to evaluate patients' pre- and post-treatment statuses.

This study will compare differences between the current traditional method (using analgesics) and the SM for rhomboid myofascial trigger points for post-thoracoscopic chest pain, and analyze the variables generated by the two different methods including demand time of analgesics, acceptance, and differences of visual analogue scale. The results of the study will use scientific data to prove which way is a good way to take into account of the relief of patient's chest pain.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Chest pain with visual analogue scale larger than 3 after thoracoscopic surgery

Exclusion Criteria:

• bleeding tendency

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chest Pain

Intervention

Procedure:
• Stripping massage
Stripping massage for rhomboid myofascial trigger points

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	National Taiwan University Hospital Research Ethics Committee	Taipei

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Taiwan University Hospital	National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Branch

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change From Baseline in Pain Scores on the Visual Analog Scale	differences of visual analogue scale. (score from mild 0 to severe 10)	baseline, 3 days, one weeks, two weeks, one month
Secondary	demand time of analgesics	demand time of analgesics after thoracoscopic surgery	baseline, 3 days, one weeks, two weeks, one month