Connective tissue massage and pain sensitivity in women with fibromyalgia
Tests connective tissue massage for its immediate effect on pain sensitivity in women with fibromyalgia.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University
- Where
- Ankara, TürkiyeSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- The Effect of Connective Tissue Massage on Pressure Pain Threshold in Fibromyalgia
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 58 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Sept 2026
- Expected to end
- Apr 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Connective Tissue Massage
- Record updated
- 23 September 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for women with fibromyalgia. It tests the immediate effect of connective tissue massage on how much pressure causes pain.
- Age
- 18 to 65 years
- Sex
- Women only
- Disease stage
- A diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM)
Main reasons for not taking part
- Other diagnosed neurological, infectious or inflammatory rheumatic diseases, or uncontrolled hormone (endocrine) or autoimmune diseases
- Severe psychiatric disorders
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Cancer (malignancy)
- Acute inflammation, open wounds or skin redness in the massage areas
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Having a diagnosis of FM
- Being a woman between the ages of 18 and 65
- Being willing to participate in the study
Who cannot take part
- Diagnosed additional neurological, infectious, and other inflammatory rheumatic diseases; uncontrolled endocrine and/or autoimmune diseases
- Severe psychiatric disorders
- Malignancy
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Presence of acute inflammation, open wounds, or erythema in the massage areas
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 65 years old?
Where in Türkiye
- Gazi Mustafa Kemal Occupational and Environmental Diseases HospitalAnkara, TürkiyeContact: Nuriye Kayalı ŞendurTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The aim of this randomized controlled study is to investigate the immediate effect of connective tissue massage (CTM) on the pressure pain threshold (PPT) in women with fibromyalgia.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Control GroupNo study treatment, for comparison
- CTM GroupTreatment being tested
Treatment: Connective Tissue Massage
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Investigation of the Immediate Effect of Connective Tissue Massage on Pressure Pain Threshold in Fibromyalgia
- Plain-language title
- Connective tissue massage and pain sensitivity in women with fibromyalgiaGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07791134, who can take part
- Record updated
- 23 September 2026