Deep Friction Massage for Intercostal Pain in Patients With Heart Disease
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01803529 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: March 4, 2013
Last Update Posted
: January 20, 2016
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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.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Heart Diseases Pain | Other: heat-pack with massage Other: heat-pack only | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 29 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Standard Heat-pack With or Without Deep Friction Massage for Intercostal Pain in Patients With Heart Disease |
Study Start Date : | October 2003 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 2008 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 2009 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: heat-pack with massage
deep friction massage and standard heat-pack given a maximum of 8 treatments
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Other: heat-pack with massage |
Active Comparator: heatpack only
standard heat-pack given a maximum of 8 treatments
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Other: heat-pack only |
- pain [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Analogue Scale (VAS) 0 to 100, where 0 is no pain and 100 intolerable pains
- 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

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01803529
Norway | |
St Olavs University Hospital | |
Trondheim, Norway |
Study Director: | Stig A Slørdahl, md prof | St Olavs University Hospital |
Publications of Results:
Responsible Party: | St. Olavs Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01803529 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
066-03 |
First Posted: | March 4, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | January 20, 2016 |
Last Verified: | January 2016 |
Keywords provided by St. Olavs Hospital:
thorax Intercostal Muscles massage heat-pack hot temperature |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |