Effect of Tok-Sen Massage for Non-specific Low Back Pain

China Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Tok-Sen Massage; Other: Pressure Massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06431503

CMUH112-REC1-132

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this clinical trial was to find out whether Tok Sen massage (a massage method with wooden instruments from northern Thailand) is more effective than pressure massage in relieving pain and improving quality of life in participants with chronic low back pain. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Can Tok Sen Massage Relieve Chronic Lower Back Pain? Can Tok Sen massage improve the quality of life of patients with chronic low back pain? Researchers compared Tok Sen massage with pressure massage, which works on low back pain, to see if it could treat chronic low back pain.

Participants will:

Receive Tok Sen massage or pressure massage every week for 1 month. Questionnaires and flexion measurements before and after each massage. After the massage session, fill out the online questionnaire once a month for three months.

Full description

Low back pain is the world's leading cause of global productivity loss and the leading cause of years lost with disability (YLDs), with a high prevalence of 28%-42% among those aged 40 to 69 years. The prevalence of different occupations in Taiwan ranges from 35% to 90%; according to the summary of the National Health Insurance Database results report: "The annual prevalence of low back pain is 14% to 45%, and 70% to 85% of people in their lifetime Suffering from low back pain. "Most people who experience low back pain cannot identify the specific source of the injury, and up to 90% of low back pain is non-specific. Approximately 85% of patients with low back pain cannot obtain accurate pathological anatomy diagnosis. Tok-Sen Massage is a kind of folk therapy in northern Thailand, specializing in musculoskeletal system diseases. This trial selected Pressure Massage as an active control for evaluating the effectiveness of two massage methods in improving low back pain.

This is an open-label and randomized controlled trial. Patients aged 20-69 years old with non-specific chronic low back pain were randomized divided into two different groups. 7 people in the Tok-Sen Massage group received a 40-minute intervention once a week for a total of 4 times, and 7 people the Pressure Massage group received a 40-minute intervention once a week for a total of 4 times.

Massage area are on the bladder meridian on the back and the spleen, liver and kidney meridian of the lower limbs.

The evaluation methods are: 1. Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) (baseline and after three interventions), 2. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)before and after each massage, 3. Trunk flexibility test. before and after each massage.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 69 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• chronic low back pain for more than 3 months
• diagnosis of non-specific low back pain

Exclusion Criteria: -

• Spinal surgery history
• Joint disease
• Pregnancy
• Cancer
• Systemic disease
• Mental disease
• Bone Mass Measurement less than

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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12 participants in 2 patient groups

Tok-Sen massage

Experimental group

Description:

Tok-Sen massage uses a mallet to hit a wooden wedge to produce impact and sound.

Treatment:

Other: Tok-Sen Massage

Pressure massage

Active Comparator group

Description:

Pressure massage uses the wooden wedge to press.

Treatment:

Other: Pressure Massage