Aromatherapy Massage in Chronic Low Back Pain
Enrolling by invitationNot applicableNCT07578181
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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)
The aim was to investigate the effectiveness of adding aromatherapy massage with a mixture of lavender and orange oil to conventional physical therapy in individuals with chronic nonspecific low back pain on pain, central sensitization, functionality, sleep, quality of life, kinesiophobia, anxiety, and depression in this patient population.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Aromatherapy Massage in Individuals With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Conventional Physiotherapy
- Other: Aromatherapy Massage + Conventional Physiotherapy
- Sponsor
- Kirsehir Ahi Evran Universitesi
- Start date
- 2025-05-20
- Primary completion
- 2026-06-20
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 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 * Age 18-65 years * Chronic nonspecific low back pain ≥ 6 months * Volunteering to participate * Receiving treatment at physical therapy clinic Exclusion Criteria * History of orthopedic surgery, fracture, trauma * Inflammatory, rheumatologic, neurological, psychiatric disorders * Asthma * Current psychiatric medication use * Peripheral neuropathy or postherpetic neuralgia * Long-term corticosteroid use * Skin lesions/open wounds in treatment area * Allergy to lavender, orange, or almond oil * Positive allergic reaction to patch test
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07578181