Status:

COMPLETED

Massage Therapy for Phantom Limb Pain: Feasibility and Pilot Study

Lead Sponsor:

Indiana University

Conditions:

Phantom Limb Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Massage therapy is a treatment self-reported by those with phantom limb pain (PLP) as moderately to extremely effective, but no research to date has been specifically designed to examine such efficacy...

Detailed Description

Potential participants self-identify themselves to study personnel by contacting the PI via office phone or IU email. Potential participants were informed of the research study through word-of-mouth a...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • ability to understand verbal or written English
  • single limb/appendage, lower limb amputation
  • persistent PLP for at least 1 year
  • routinely has at least 3 occurrences of PLP per week
  • PLP is greater than mild in pain severity according to the pain intensity component of the Brief Pain Inventory (3 or greater out of 10)

Exclusion

  • presence of mild or greater traumatic brain injury
  • known uncontrolled systemic diseases
  • skin issues incompatible with massage application in the area for massage application (open or persistent wounds, fragile skin, etc)
  • mental psychosis

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 15 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 31 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

3 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03372668

Start Date

August 15 2014

End Date

March 31 2015

Last Update

January 9 2018

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