The immediate effect of traditional Malay massage on substance P, inflammatory mediators, pain intensity and functional outcome among patients with low back pain: a pilot randomized-controlled trial / Nurhanisah Sejari

Treatment of low back pain is very challenging due to the recurrent nature of the problem. It is believed that traditional Malay massage may help to relieve such back pain but there is a lack of scientific evidence to support both the practice of traditional Malay massage and the mechanism by which...

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Main Author: Sejari, Nurhanisah
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Language:English
Published: 2019
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spelling my-uitm-ir.843322024-02-19T03:59:59Z The immediate effect of traditional Malay massage on substance P, inflammatory mediators, pain intensity and functional outcome among patients with low back pain: a pilot randomized-controlled trial / Nurhanisah Sejari 2019 Sejari, Nurhanisah RC Internal Medicine Backache Treatment of low back pain is very challenging due to the recurrent nature of the problem. It is believed that traditional Malay massage may help to relieve such back pain but there is a lack of scientific evidence to support both the practice of traditional Malay massage and the mechanism by which it exerts its effect. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the immediate effect of traditional Malay massage on substance P, inflammatory mediators, pain scale and functional outcomes among patients with low back pain. A pilot, non-blinded, randomized-controlled trial was conducted involving sixty patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The participants were then randomly allocated into intervention (i.e. traditional Malay massage) and control (Le. relaxation position) groups. 2019 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/84332/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/84332/1/84332.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Health Science Neoh, Chin Fen
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
advisor Neoh, Chin Fen
topic RC Internal Medicine
Backache
spellingShingle RC Internal Medicine
Backache
Sejari, Nurhanisah
The immediate effect of traditional Malay massage on substance P, inflammatory mediators, pain intensity and functional outcome among patients with low back pain: a pilot randomized-controlled trial / Nurhanisah Sejari
description Treatment of low back pain is very challenging due to the recurrent nature of the problem. It is believed that traditional Malay massage may help to relieve such back pain but there is a lack of scientific evidence to support both the practice of traditional Malay massage and the mechanism by which it exerts its effect. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the immediate effect of traditional Malay massage on substance P, inflammatory mediators, pain scale and functional outcomes among patients with low back pain. A pilot, non-blinded, randomized-controlled trial was conducted involving sixty patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The participants were then randomly allocated into intervention (i.e. traditional Malay massage) and control (Le. relaxation position) groups.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Sejari, Nurhanisah
author_facet Sejari, Nurhanisah
author_sort Sejari, Nurhanisah
title The immediate effect of traditional Malay massage on substance P, inflammatory mediators, pain intensity and functional outcome among patients with low back pain: a pilot randomized-controlled trial / Nurhanisah Sejari
title_short The immediate effect of traditional Malay massage on substance P, inflammatory mediators, pain intensity and functional outcome among patients with low back pain: a pilot randomized-controlled trial / Nurhanisah Sejari
title_full The immediate effect of traditional Malay massage on substance P, inflammatory mediators, pain intensity and functional outcome among patients with low back pain: a pilot randomized-controlled trial / Nurhanisah Sejari
title_fullStr The immediate effect of traditional Malay massage on substance P, inflammatory mediators, pain intensity and functional outcome among patients with low back pain: a pilot randomized-controlled trial / Nurhanisah Sejari
title_full_unstemmed The immediate effect of traditional Malay massage on substance P, inflammatory mediators, pain intensity and functional outcome among patients with low back pain: a pilot randomized-controlled trial / Nurhanisah Sejari
title_sort immediate effect of traditional malay massage on substance p, inflammatory mediators, pain intensity and functional outcome among patients with low back pain: a pilot randomized-controlled trial / nurhanisah sejari
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department Faculty of Health Science
publishDate 2019
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/84332/1/84332.pdf
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