Effect of Self-administered Exercises on PRMD

Universidade do Porto

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Other: Tuina exercises; Other: Placebo Tuina exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02420301

claudiasousa_2

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective: To study the effects of self-administered exercises based on tuina techniques on the pain intensity caused by playing related musculoskeletal disorders (PRMD) of professional orchestra musicians, using numeric visual scale (NVS).

Method: The investigators performed a prospective, controlled, single-blinded, randomized study with musicians suffering from PRMD. n= 69 musicians were randomly distributed into the experimental and into the control group. After an individual diagnostic assessment, specific tuina self-administered exercises were developed and taught to the participants. Musicians were instructed (educated) to repeat the exercises every day during 3 weeks. Pain intensity was measured by NVS before the intervention and after the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 10th, 15th and 20th days of self-exercising. The procedure was the same for the control group, however the Tuina exercises were executed in non-acupuncture points

Enrollment: 69 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Professional orchestra musician presenting playing related musculoskeletal pain during at least 3 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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69 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Exercises on real points

Experimental group

Description:

Self administered exercises were done in real treatment points

Treatment:

Other: Tuina exercises

Exercises on false points

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Self administered exercises were done in false treatment points

Treatment:

Other: Placebo Tuina exercises