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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