Clinical trial NCT06893445: The Effect of Deep Tissue Massage on Respiratory Parameters in People With Asthma
Official title: The Effect of Deep Tissue Massage on Respiratory Parameters in People With Asthma
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Massage
Asthma Patients
Keywords: deep tissue massage
spirometry
asthma
respiratory parameters
Lead sponsor: Jagiellonian University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-03-25
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Bronchial asthma, as a chronic inflammatory disease of the respiratory tract, significantly reduces the quality of life of patients. Standard treatment includes pharmacotherapy, but a holistic approach, including manual therapies, can support pharmacological therapy, reducing the need for drugs.

The aim of the research is to verify whether deep tissue massage (DTM) techniques applied to the chest significantly affect respiratory parameters in people with asthma. The study is the next stage of the study conducted on healthy people. After obtaining positive results in the study involving people not suffering from respiratory diseases, the next step is to examine people with, in this case, bronchial asthma. It is important to determine whether the use of this form of manual therapy can bring benefits in the context of improving respiratory functions, reducing respiratory muscle tension and relieving subjective symptoms associated with asthma, such as shortness of breath or limitations in everyday functioning.

The hypothesis assumes that DTM techniques can have a bigger effect on the respiratory system than classic massage (CM).

The study is a randomized controlled trial, where participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: the study group (subjected to DTM) or the control group (subjected to CM). Before and after the massage intervention, participants will undergo spirometry to assess the changes in respiratory parameters. The obtained data will then be analyzed for effects on respiratory parameters and differences between both groups.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* diagnosed with bronchial asthma
* stable health condition, allowing participation in the study
* informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* acute or chronic comorbidities that may affect the results (e.g. COPD, heart failure, cancer)
* any chest surgery performed within the last 6 months
* contraindications to massage (e.g. skin infections, wounds)
* pregnancy
* participation in other clinical trials in the last 3 months

Primary outcomes:
measure: Assessment of change of lung vital capacity
timeFrame: twice: before and immediately after procedure administration in both groups
measure: Assessment of change of chest circumference
timeFrame: twice: before and immediately after procedure administration in both groups
measure: Assessment of change of blood oxygen saturation
timeFrame: twice: before and immediately after procedure administration in both groups
measure: Asessment of change of Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF)
timeFrame: twice: before and immediately after procedure administration in both groups
measure: Assessment of change of Forced Vital Capacity
timeFrame: twice: before and immediately after procedure administration in both groups
measure: Assessment of change of Maximum Expiratory Flow
timeFrame: twice: before and immediately after procedure administration in both groups
measure: Assessment of change of Forced Expiratory Volume in one second
timeFrame: twice: before and immediately after procedure administration in both groups
measure: Assessment of change of Maximum Voluntary Ventilation
timeFrame: twice: before and immediately after procedure administration in both groups
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cracow
country: Poland
facility: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College
city: Wieliczka
country: Poland
facility: The "Wieliczka" Salt Mine Health Resort
Study officials:
affiliation: Jagiellonian University
name: Bartosz T Trybulec, PhD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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