Impact of Exercises and Chair Massage on Musculoskeletal Pain of Young Musicians

Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education

Status: Completed

Conditions: Musculoskeletal Pain

Treatments: Other: the exercise program; Other: chair massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04366843

SKE 01-61/2017

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is tested the idea of two forms of musculoskeletal pain prophylaxis (chair massage and an original set of exercises) among musicians.

The hypothesis of the study was that massage and exercises could be helpful for musicians to avoid pain conected with playing musical instrument.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• playing a musical instrument for a minimum of 5 years
• age over 18 years

Exclusion criteria

• neurological and oncological diseases
• medical contraindication to undertake physical exercise
• contraindications to perform massage
• lack of consent for participation in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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44 participants in 3 patient groups

The chair massage group

Experimental group

Description:

chair massage 15 min,, 2 x week; measurement before and after each treatment

Treatment:

Other: chair massage

The exercise program group

Experimental group

Description:

excercises 15 min., 2 x week; measurement before and after each treatment

Treatment:

Other: the exercise program

The control group

No Intervention group

Description:

control 2 measurements, 4 weeks apart