This study investigated the effects of stripping massage (SM) on myofascial trigger points in the rhomboid after thoracoscopic surgery.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
60
Stripping massage for rhomboid myofascial trigger points
National Taiwan University Hospital Research Ethics Committee
Taipei, Taiwan
RECRUITINGChange From Baseline in Pain Scores on the Visual Analog Scale
differences of visual analogue scale. (score from mild 0 to severe 10)
Time frame: baseline, 3 days, one weeks, two weeks, one month
demand time of analgesics
demand time of analgesics after thoracoscopic surgery
Time frame: baseline, 3 days, one weeks, two weeks, one month
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