NCT01448980

Efficacy of Massage in Stroke Spasticity

The Efficacy of Thai Traditional Massage in Decreasing Spasticity for Elderly With Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 396 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mahidol University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Stroke is one of the common diseases in the elderly. It is the third ranking cause of death and affects health care system in our country. One of the most important consequences of stroke is spasticity. Some stroke patients suffered from severe spasticity or hypersensitive reflex to stimuli. It can cause contracture, limit self care function, transfer or ambulation. Most of stroke patients have to depend on their relatives or families.

Detailed description

Thai traditional massage is one of the popular alternative medicine in Thailand. Lots of stroke patients who suffered from spasticity sought treatment. To the investigators knowledge, there is no study concerning efficacy of massage in decreasing spasticity for stroke patients.

Conditions

• Stroke; Sequelae

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Thai Traditional Massage (TTM)	Thai Traditional Massage will receive massage 2 time per week for 6 weeks
PROCEDURE	Physical therapy program	Physical therapy program 2 times per week for 6 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-05-01
• Primary completion: 2014-06-01
• Completion: 2014-06-01
• First posted: 2011-10-07
• Last updated: 2014-06-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Thailand