Clinical trial NCT04904367: Deep Tissue Massage in the Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Official title: The Effectiveness of Deep Tissue Massage on Pain, Trigger Point, Disability, Range of Motion and Quality of Life in Individuals With Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Massage Therapy
Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Keywords: Myofascial pain syndrome
Neck disability
Pain
Quality of life
Lead sponsor: Muş Alparslan University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-05-27
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study aims to examine the effect of deep tissue massage (DTM) on myofascial trigger point (MTrP) number, neck range of motion (ROM), pain, disability and quality of life in patients with Myofacial pain syndrome (MPS).

Detailed description: A total of 88 patients with MPS were screened for eligibility. Of these patients, 80 who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into two groups using randomization with computer-generated random numbers as the control group (n=40) and DTM group (n=40).

The patients were evaluated at baseline (Day 0), and the end of treatment (Week 4).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being over the age of 18
* Have at least one active trigger point
* Have not previously undergone local injectable anesthetic blockage or acupuncture,
* Complaining of pain for the last three months
* Getting a diagnosis of MPS

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients with infectious skin disease,
* Using analgesic and antidepressant medication,
* A history of major trauma or surgical intervention,
* Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score ≤ 24 according

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in neck pain on the 10-point Visual Analog Scale(VAS) at 4 week
timeFrame: Baseline and 4 week
measure: Change from baseline in quality of life on the 36-point Short-Form 36(SF-36) at 4 week
timeFrame: Baseline and 4 week
measure: Change from baseline in disability on the 20-point at 4 week Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPDS) at 4 week
timeFrame: Baseline and 4 week
measure: Change from baseline in range of motion on the universal goniometer at 4 week
timeFrame: Baseline and 4 week
measure: Change from baseline in number of trigger points on the manual palpation at 4 week
timeFrame: Baseline and 4 week
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Muş
country: Turkey
facility: Mus Alparslan University
state: Güzeltepe District
Study officials:
affiliation: Mus Alparslan Universtiy
name: Ömer BİNGÖLBALİ, Master
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Romanowski MW, Spiritovic M, Rutkowski R, Dudek A, Samborski W, Straburzynska-Lupa A. Comparison of Deep Tissue Massage and Therapeutic Massage for Lower Back Pain, Disease Activity, and Functional Capacity of Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients: A Randomized Clinical Pilot Study. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2017;2017:9894128. doi: 10.1155/2017/9894128. Epub 2017 Aug 6.
citation: Kaye AD, Kaye AJ, Swinford J, Baluch A, Bawcom BA, Lambert TJ, Hoover JM. The effect of deep-tissue massage therapy on blood pressure and heart rate. J Altern Complement Med. 2008 Mar;14(2):125-8. doi: 10.1089/acm.2007.0665.