NCT03732729

Clinical Effect of Massage Chair on Older Adults

A Study for Evaluation of Massage Chair in Community-dwelling Older Adults: Randomized Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Eunju Lee · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The use of massage chairs is becoming more popular in many countries. According to the previous reports, some manual massages have positive effects on the mood, pain, fatigue, and sleep quality. However, the clinical benefits of the massage chair have not been fully understood. In this trial, it is aimed to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of the 6-month regular use of massage chair twice a day. It is hypothesized that long-term regular use of massage chair has positive effects on the hormonal level related to the stress, inflammation, and aging, as well as physical, psychologic, and muscle quality.

Detailed description

A total of enrolled 80 patients after randomization(1:1) in intervention(Massage chair)group and Control groups, will be provided * Massage chair group * lifestyle modification education + using massage chair twice per day during 24weeks * control group: only lifestyle modification education 1. Screening visit * collection demographic data, BMD, vital sign, Medication history 2. Visit 1 (0-week) 1. Vital sign 2. Charlson comorbidity index 3. Laboratory test * WBC diff count, Hb, creatinine, ALT, albumin, hsCRP, ESR cortisol, serotonin, DHEA-s, IGF-1, NK cell, Telomere length 4. Questionnaire: K-MMSE, SGDS-K, BEPSI-K, EQ-5D-5L 5. Physical\& muscular assessment * SPPB, Grip strength, Muscle tone, Bioimpedance analysis 3. Visit 2-6 (4,8,12,16 weeks) via Phone contact: assess compliance and adverse events 4. visit 7 (24weeks) 1. Vital sign 2. Laboratory test * WBC diff count, Hb, creatinine, ALT, albumin, hsCRP, ESR cortisol, serotonin, DHEA-s, IGF-1, NK cell, Telomere length 3. Questionnaire: K-MMSE, SGDS-K, BEPSI-K, EQ-5D-5L 4. Physical\& muscular assessment * SPPB, Grip strength, Muscle tone, Bioimpedance analysis 5. Compliance 6. Adverse events

Conditions

• Older Adults

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	massage chair	Patient should use massage chair, twice per day, for 30minutes

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-11
• Primary completion: 2020-04-16
• Completion: 2020-04-16
• First posted: 2018-11-07
• Last updated: 2020-07-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea