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Volume 6, Issue 6 (Suppl)

Med Aromat Plants

ISSN: 2167-0412 MAP, an open access journal

Herbals Summit 2017

October 18-20, 2017

October 18-20, 2017 Osaka, Japan

3

rd

Global Summit on

Herbals & Traditional Medicine

A comparative study on the efficacy of a hot herbal compress, a hot compress and topical Diclofenac

in the treatment of myofascial pain syndrome in the upper trapezius: A randomized controlled trial

Jurairat Boonruab and Netraya Nimpitakpong

Thammasat University, Thailand

M

yofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS) is one of the most prevalent illnesses among those in the working age group caused by

poor ergonomics, especially remaining in a sitting posture for an extended period of time. One alternative treatment

for MPS is the application of a hot herbal compress, which helps to improve the quality of life of patients and reduce the

undesirable side effects of pain relief medication. A controlled trial was conducted in which 90 participants were randomized

into the hot herbal compress group (n=30), the hot compress group (n=30) and the topical Diclofenac group (n=30). The first

two groups received a 20 minute hot herbal compress and hot compress treatment not exceeding the temperature of 40

o

C once

a week for two weeks, whereas the last was administered 2 mg of a topical Diclofenac gel three times a day for two weeks. Before

and after the treatment, their level of pain intensity and quality of life was assessed using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and the

36 item short form health survey (SF-36), respectively. Additionally, their Cervical Range of Motion (CROM) and Pressure

Pain Threshold (PPT) were also evaluated. It was found that all the three groups experienced a statistically significant decrease

in the level of pain intensity (p<0.05), a statistically significant increase in CROM (p<0.05), a statistically significant increase

in PPT (p<0.05) and a statistically significant improvement in the quality of life (p<0.05). However, for the last two assessment

criteria, the results for the hot herbal compress group and the hot compress group were not only relatively equal but also better

than those for the topical Diclofenac group.

Biography

Jurairat Boonruab has completed her PhD from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand in 2015. She is currently the Deputy Head of the Academic Affairs Department

and a Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine of Thammasat University, Thailand. Her areas of specialization include applied Thai traditional medicine, alternative

medicine and public health science. She has published Thai massage and Heber medicine.

salagugu@hotmail.com

Jurairat Boonruab et al., Med Aromat Plants 2017, 6:6 (Suppl)

DOI: 10.4172/2167-0412-C1-014