Effect of Self-administered Exercises on PRMD

Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Self-administered Exercises Based on Tuina Techniques on Musculoskeletal Disorders of Professional Orchestra Musicians

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02420301
• Other study ID #: claudiasousa_2
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 30, 2015
• Last updated: April 16, 2015
• Start date: July 2012
• Est. completion date: December 2013

Study information

• Verified date: March 2015
• Source: Universidade do Porto
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Portugal: ICBAS
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Objective: To study the effects of self-administered exercises based on tuina techniques on the pain intensity caused by playing related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD) of professional orchestra musicians, using numeric visual scale (NVS).

Method: The investigators performed a prospective, controlled, single-blinded, randomized study with musicians suffering from PRMD. n= 69 musicians were randomly distributed into the experimental and into the control group. After an individual diagnostic assessment, specific tuina self-administered exercises were developed and taught to the participants. Musicians were instructed (educated) to repeat the exercises every day during 3 weeks. Pain intensity was measured by NVS before the intervention and after the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th days of self-exercising. The procedure was the same for the control group, however the Tuina exercises were executed in non-acupuncture points

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 69
• Est. completion date: December 2013
• Est. primary completion date: December 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Professional orchestra musician presenting playing related musculoskeletal pain during at least 3 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Tuina exercises

• Placebo Tuina exercises

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade do Porto

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Verbal numeric scale		At the baseline	Yes
Primary	Verbal numeric scale		After one day	Yes
Primary	Verbal numeric scale		After 3 days	Yes
Primary	Verbal numeric scale		After 5 days	Yes
Primary	Verbal numeric scale		After 10 days	Yes
Primary	Verbal numeric scale		After 15 days	Yes
Primary	Verbal numeric scale		After 20 days	Yes