Heart Diseases, Pain
Conditions
Keywords
thorax, Intercostal Muscles, massage, heat-pack, hot temperature
Brief summary
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.
Interventions
OTHERheat-pack with massage
OTHERheat-pack only
Sponsors
St. Olavs Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pain | 3 months | Analogue Scale (VAS) 0 to 100, where 0 is no pain and 100 intolerable pains |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| quality of life | 3 months | Health-related Quality of life ( HRQL) was evaluated by the disease-specific instrument MacNew and the generic instrument SF-36 |
Countries
Norway
Outcome results
None listed