Effectiveness of Shiatsu on Fatigue in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: Protocol for a Randomized Cross-Over Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a serious chronic inflammatory rheumatism implying different painful and crippling symptoms that require a multidisciplinary approach for the patient. Fatigue is one of the less well treated symptoms, even if its repercussion on everyday life is noticeable. Shiatsu is a Japanese preventive and well-being therapy that aims to promote better health. However, the effectiveness of shiatsu in SpA-associated fatigue has never been studied yet in a randomized study.

Methods and analysis

We describe the design of SFASPA (Etude pilote randomisée en cross-over évaluant l'efficacité du Shiatsu sur la FAtigue des patients atteints de SPondyloarthrite Axiale), a single-center, randomized controlled cross-over trial with allocation of patients accor

SUBMITTER: Bernardinelli N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10326191 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature