Measuring the Effect of Therapeutic Massage on Pain and Discomfort in Cardiac Cath Lab Staff
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Stress, Fatigue, Anxiety
In brief
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of therapeutic massage in alleviating musculoskeletal pain and discomfort associated with wearing lead aprons in the cardiac cath lab. We also want to evaluate if therapeutic massage will reduce fatigue, stress, and anxiety while improving the level of relaxation in cardiac cath lab employees who wear lead aprons.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01048164
- Run by
- Mayo Clinic
- People needed
- 60
- Starts
- 2008-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2012-01-05
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Diagnostic and interventional cardiology staff including:
- cardiologists
- cardiology fellows
- nurses
- technical staff
- and a core group of CRNA's employed by the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.
- These staff members, per their job descriptions, wear lead aprons while caring for patients during the weeks of the massage therapy pilot study.
You may not qualify if…
- Individuals that decline to participate in the study.
- Massage therapy has contraindications that require a physician's order before the therapist is allowed to see the person for massage. The following total contraindications will be total exclusions for this study unless the individual gains a physician's order that negates the exclusions or defines it to a local contraindication.
- Total Contraindications
- Acute sprain with swelling
- Lymphatic cancer
- Fever
- Local Contraindications do not exclude the person from the study. These are area exclusions that disallow the therapist to work on a specific part of the body and/or the therapist needs to adjust techniques. The therapist will track all local contraindications.
- Local contraindications:
- Varicose veins
- Pregnancy
- Trapped or pinched nerve (radicular symptoms)
- Skin abrasions, open wounds
- Venous thrombus
- Melanoma
Where it is running
- Mayo Clinic — Rochester, Minnesota, United States
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