Effects of Prophylactic Massage Therapy on Pain Tolerance and Threshold

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Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

Therapeutic massage has been thought to reduce anxiety and increase relaxation in human patients.This study is meant to determine the immediate effects of therapeutic massage on pain tolerance and threshold.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04625335

Run by

Kyle Knight

People needed

14

Starts

2015-09-01

Expected to finish

2016-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-11-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• generally healthy

You may not qualify if…

• pregnant
• smoker
• cold allergy
• Raynaud's disease
• cryophobia

Where it is running

• University of Kentucky — Lexington, Kentucky, United States

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