Clinical trial NCT04625335: Effects of Prophylactic Massage Therapy on Pain Tolerance and Threshold
Official title: Effects of Prophylactic Massage Therapy on Pain Tolerance and Threshold
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pain
Keywords: massage therapy
pain tolerance
pain threshold
Lead sponsor: University of Kentucky
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-11-12
Enrollment: 14
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: Therapeutic massage has been thought to reduce anxiety and increase relaxation in human patients.This study is meant to determine the immediate effects of therapeutic massage on pain tolerance and threshold.

Detailed description: Patients participated in two trials of a pain stimulus test that measured pain threshold and pain tolerance. One trial was titled "Massage Protocol" and the other, "No-Massage Protocol." During the "Massage Protocol," they received a therapeutic massage to the forearm before participating in the pain stimulus test. During the "No-Massage Protocol" they did not receive a massage before participating in the pain stimulus test. Their pain threshold and tolerance for both trials were compared against each other. Each patient was randomized as to which protocol they participated in first.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

-generally healthy

Exclusion Criteria:

* pregnant
* smoker
* cold allergy
* Raynaud's disease
* cryophobia

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Pain Tolerance
timeFrame: Approximately 3 minutes
measure: Change in Pain Threshold
timeFrame: Approximated 3 minutes
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lexington
country: United States
facility: University of Kentucky
state: Kentucky
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Kentucky
name: Terry Malone, PT, EdD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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