Effect of THAI Traditional Massage on Bone Markers

Mahidol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoporosis

Treatments: Procedure: Thai Traditional massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00730600

ID 02-50-30

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to explore the skeletal effect of Thai traditional massage by examining the changes in biochemical markers of bone turnover immediately after the massage.

Full description

Each subject received Thai traditional massage for 2 hours by a single masseuse.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy Thai women aged 20 to 40 years
• Have been massaged by Thai Traditional massage style

Exclusion criteria

• Hyperparathyroidism, Thyrotoxicosis, Diabetes Mellitus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Cancer
• Antiresorptive agent, Teriparatide and Glucocorticoid
• Swelling Joints

Trial design

30 participants in 1 patient group

1

Experimental group

Description:

1= THAI traditional massage

Treatment:

Procedure: Thai Traditional massage