Randomized controlled pilot study: Quantitative sensory testing in patients with back pain before and after Gua Sha massage
November 15, 2009 by admin
Randomized controlled pilot study: Quantitative sensory testing in patients with back pain before and after Gua Sha massage
Question: Permanent nociceptive influx may lead to functional changes in the nervous system, i.e. hyperalgesia and allodynia occur. These processes are suspected to contribute substantially to the ongoing pain process. Reflex therapies, like the Gua Sha, a traditional Chinese massage technique preferentially used in the treatment of back pain, are supposed to affect the transmission and processing of sensory information on receptor and spinal level . If so one could assume that the Gua Sha massage should not only decrease the pain level itself, but also change sensory thresholds in the affected areas. In order to test this, we applied the Gua Sha massage in patients with chronic back pain and evaluated sensory threshold changes.Methods: Thirty patients with chronic back pain (mean age 50.3…
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