Studies show that chest pain is a common complaint presented in both general practice and in emergency units. Musculoskeletal causes are common, but frequently overlooked. No studies about treatment of chest pain from the intercostal muscles were found by search in medical literature databases. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of two different physical therapy interventions on intercostal pain in patients with stable heart disease. The hypothesis was that deep friction massage combined with heat-pack is more effective than heat-pack only.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
29
St Olavs University Hospital
Trondheim, Norway
pain
Analogue Scale (VAS) 0 to 100, where 0 is no pain and 100 intolerable pains
Time frame: 3 months
quality of life
Health-related Quality of life ( HRQL) was evaluated by the disease-specific instrument MacNew and the generic instrument SF-36
Time frame: 3 months
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