Status:
COMPLETED
Massage Therapy Versus Music Therapy Pilot Study
Lead Sponsor:
Boston Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
Muscular Therapy Institute Foundation, Inc.
Berklee College of Music
Conditions:
ALL
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This project studies the feasibility of (1) implementing massage therapy and music therapy onto a busy medical inpatient unit at Boston Medical Center, and (2) evaluating massage therapy and music the...
Detailed Description
This randomized controlled trial compares massage therapy to usual care and music therapy to usual care for patients admitted to the Family Medicine Inpatient Unit of Boston Medical Center. Ninety fam...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18 years or older
- Inpatient on the Boston Medical C enter Family Medicine inpatient service
Exclusion
- Inability to provide informed consent
- Contagious skin disease or infection
- Hemophilia
- Thrombocytopenia
- Encephalopathy
- Dementia
- Altered mental status
- 1:1 status (requiring constant supervision)
- Any condition, as determined by the attending physician, which would prevent participation in the study.
- Observation status
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
90 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02227680
Start Date
July 1 2014
End Date
January 1 2015
Last Update
January 28 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118