Effect of Tellington massage on the chest pain of unstable angina patients

The Effect of precordial massage with Tellington method on severity of chest pain in patients with unstable angina

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT201011085134N1

Enrollment

Registered

2010-11-24

Start date

2010-11-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Unstable angina. Unstable angina

Interventions

Intervention 1: Control group: In the control group the same approach will be used except that no chest massage will be applied. Intervention 2: Intervention group: In the intervention group, after p

Treatment - Other

Behavior

Control group: In the control group the same approach will be used except that no chest massage will be applied

Intervention group: In the intervention group, after primary assessment of the severity of pain via a VAS questionnaire and simultaneous nitroglycerin administration, chest massage were applied for 5

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

30 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Entry criteria: Full consciousness, ability for verbal communication and no history of trauma or surgery in chest area Exclusion criteria: Addict patients, serious arrhythmia, receiving analgesia in the last one hour

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Severity of chest pain. Timepoint: 5 min after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale (VAS).	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactAli Fakhr-Movahedi

Semnan UMS

alimovi@sem-ums.ac.ir+98 23 1335 4192

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026