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NCT Number: NCT01803529

Deep Friction Massage for Intercostal Pain in Patients With Heart Disease

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

St Olavs University Hospital

Trondheim, Norway

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

heat-pack with massage

Other

heat-pack only

Other

Primary outcomes

  1. pain

    Time frame: 3 months

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

Secondary outcomes

  1. quality of life

    Time frame: 3 months

    Health-related Quality of life ( HRQL) was evaluated by the disease-specific instrument MacNew and the generic instrument SF-36

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

St. Olavs Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Standard Heat-pack With or Without Deep Friction Massage for Intercostal Pain in Patients With Heart Disease

Important dates

Study start
2003
Primary completion
2008
Study completion
2009
First posted
Mar 4, 2013
Registry last updated
Jan 20, 2016

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