Thai Traditional Massage Increases Biochemical Marker of Bone Formation in Postmenopausal Women

Mahidol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoporosis

Treatments: Procedure: Thai traditional massage

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01627028

ID 10-53-28

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the skeletal effect of Thai traditional massage by examining the changes in biochemical markers of bone turnover.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Postmenopausal women

Exclusion criteria

• History of hyperthyroidism, thyrotoxicosis, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and cancer
• glucocorticoid or medication for osteoporosis
• Swelling joints