Deep Friction Massage for Intercostal Pain in Patients With Heart Disease

St. Olavs Hospital29 enrolled

Overview

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

Conditions

Heart Diseases Pain

Interventions

heat-pack with massageOTHER

heat-pack onlyOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * increasing chest pain during a cardiac rehabilitation class * stable coronary disease * new re-vascularisation is not planned Exclusion Criteria: * unstable coronary disease * not able to perform the study * abuse of drugs or alcohol * participating in other ongoing study

Locations (1)

St Olavs University Hospital

Trondheim, Norway

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

pain

Analogue Scale (VAS) 0 to 100, where 0 is no pain and 100 intolerable pains

Time frame: 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

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

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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