Acute Effects of Thai Traditional Massage on Cerebrovascular Reactivity in Ischemic Stroke Patients

Chulalongkorn University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ischemic Stroke

Treatments: Other: No massage; Other: Thai traditional massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02270294

SPSC-3

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators hypothesize that Acute Thai traditional massage will yield beneficial effects on cerebrovascular reactivity in ischemic stroke patients.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. A single ischemic stroke with Middle cerebral artery (MCA) stenosis
2. Men or women age 50-80 years
3. Physician's approvals to participate the study
4. Stroke experienced at least 7 days of ischemic stroke onset and no more than 6 months before study enrollment
5. The modified rankin scale level is 2 or 3

Exclusion criteria

1. History of serious diseases

   • Musculoskeletal diseases (Chronic arthritis, Lower spondylosis/spondylolisthesis with radiculopathy, Spinal deformity, Cervical spondylosis, Rheumatoid arthritis)
   • Cardiovascular diseases (Poorly control hypertension, Heart disease class C and D)
   • Neurological disorders (Peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson)
   • Respiratory diseases (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
   • Brain disorders (Cardioembolic, Severe dementia, Alzheimer's disease)
   • Medical condition precluding taking Anticoagulant and Statin drug

2. Temporal window were not found

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

---

14 participants in 2 patient groups

Thai traditional massage

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Thai traditional massage

No massage

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: No massage