THE EFFECTS OF MASSAGE WITH PLAI ESSENTIAL OIL ON SEVERITY OF PAIN AND NECK MOBILITY IN OFFICE WORKERS WITH CHRONIC NECK PAIN
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This study aimed to compare the effect of massage with and without Plai essential oil on severity of pain and neck mobility in office workers with chronic neck pain. Thirty female participants with the neck pain, aged 30 - 45 years randomly divided into two groups: experimental group (massage with Plai essential oil) and control group (massage with base oil), 3 times a week, and a total of 4 consecutive weeks. All participants were evaluated level of pain, pressure pain threshold and range of motion of the neck before and after the treatment.
RESULTS: After 4 weeks of treatment, the both groups showed a significant decrease on the pain scores (p < 0.001), increase pressure pain threshold and range of motion of neck (p < 0.001). When comparing between groups, the results were revealed that the both types of the oil massage helped to reduce the pain scores, and to increase the pressure pain threshold and range of motion of the neck, and no significant differences were found.
CONCLUSION: The massage with Plai essential oil could decrease the pain level, increase pressure pain threshold and range of motion of the neck, and was not significantly different from massage with the base oil. However, it was found that the treatment by massage with Plai essential oil tended to decrease the pain scores, moreover, there was an increase pressure pain threshold and range of motion of the neck better than massage with base oils.
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