Massage With Frankincense and Myrrh Oil in Treating Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04494165
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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)
This randomized controlled study was conducted to determine the effect of massage with frankincense and myrrh oil in treating chronic low back pain. A total of 91 individuals over the age of 18 who agreed to participate in the study, who had no verbal communication problems, and who had complaints of low back pain for at least the past three months were included in the study. In this research, 3x2 (experiment, control and plasebo group x pre-test post-test) split plot design was used The data were collected using the data sheet, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Aberdeen Low Back Pain Scale (ALBPS) and Roland-Morris Disability Scale (RMDS). Standard treatment was applied to all three groups for three weeks, every weekday. In addition to the standard treatment, 2 sessions of waist massage per week were applied to the aromatherapy Group with frankincense and myyrh essential oil and to the Placebo Group with jojoba fixed oil in accordance with the aromatherapy protocol. Massage was not applied to the control group. In the results of working, the decrease in RMDS (p \<0.001), ALBPS (p \<0.001) and VAS (p \<0.001) scores of the aromatherapy group was found to be statistically higher than the other two groups. As a result, aromatherapy massage with Fankincense and Myyrh essential oil can be added to traditional treatments as an easy-to-apply complementary health application with no significant side effects to relieve pain and reduce disability in an individual's daily life in chronic low back pain patient care.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effects of Massage With Frankincense and Myrrh Oil in Treating Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: massage with frankincense and myyrh essential oil
- Other: massage with carrier oil
- Sponsor
- TC Erciyes University
- Start date
- 2019-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-11-05
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- 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: * Patients over the age of 18, * who agreed to participate in the study, * who had no communication problems (hearing, vision, speech, perception problem) * who had been suffering from (chronic) low back pain for at least the past three months were included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with allergic skin reactions, * those who had undergone a surgical operation or fracture in the lumbar region in the last year, * those with a fever above 38.5 °C, * those undergoing a neurological rehabilitation, * patients with active infections such as tuberculosis and AIDS, * those undergoing cancer treatment, * those who had received massage therapy for the last three months were excluded from the study.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04494165