Stripping Massage After Thoracoscopy (SMAT)

National Taiwan University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chest Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Stripping massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04716816

202011061RINA

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigated the effects of stripping massage (SM) on myofascial trigger points in the rhomboid after thoracoscopic surgery.

Full description

This study investigated the effects of stripping massage (SM) on myofascial trigger points in the rhomboid after thoracoscopic surgery. Sixty patients with chest pain after thoracoscopic surgery were randomized divided into two equal groups (A and B). Group A (n = 100) received conventional analgesics. Group B (n = 100) received SM twice daily in the active trigger points of the rhomboid for two weeks. The visual analogue scale, a pressure algometer, will be used to evaluate patients' pre- and post-treatment statuses.

This study will compare differences between the current traditional method (using analgesics) and the SM for rhomboid myofascial trigger points for post-thoracoscopic chest pain, and analyze the variables generated by the two different methods including demand time of analgesics, acceptance, and differences of visual analogue scale. The results of the study will use scientific data to prove which way is a good way to take into account of the relief of patient's chest pain.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chest pain with visual analogue scale larger than 3 after thoracoscopic surgery

Exclusion criteria

• bleeding tendency

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

traditional treatment

No Intervention group

Description:

received conventional analgesics.

Stripping massage

Experimental group

Description:

received SM twice daily in the active trigger points of the rhomboid for two weeks.

Treatment:

Procedure: Stripping massage