Effects of Connective Tissue Massage and Classical Massage
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT04211701
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
As a randomized study, this study aimed to investigate the effects of classical massage and connective tissue massage on pain, flexibility, disability, quality of life and autonomic responses in patients with chronic mechanical low back pain. The primary evaluation parameter of the study is autonomic function and the secondary evaluation parameter is pain. The participants will be treated accompanied with same physiotherapist along four weeks and five days in a week. A six-week follow-up will be performed to see how long the effect of the treatment continues.
Study details
- Official title
- Comparison of the Effects of Connective Tissue Massage and Classical Massage Methods on Pain, Flexibility, Disability and Autonomic Responses in Chronic Mechanical Back Pain, Randomized Study
- Conditions
- Body Temperature
- Interventions
- Procedure: Connective Tissue Massage
- Procedure: Classical Massage
- Sponsor
- Eastern Mediterranean University
- Start date
- 2019-10-22
- Primary completion
- 2019-12-24
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Being between 20-60 years of age * Low back pain for more than 12 weeks * Lack of neurological problems caused by lumbar region * Not to be included in physiotherapy and rehabilitation program in the last 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * Having ankylosing spondylitis * Pain and / or numbness in the hip and lower extremities * Previous trauma or surgery in lumbar region * Presence of congenital malalignment in the vertebral column * Malignancy * Lower limb inequality over one cm * Pregnancy * Blood pressure difference of more than 10 mmHg between two arms
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04211701