TY - JOUR AU - Sejari, Nurhanisah AU - Kamaruddin, Kamaria AU - Ramasamy, Kalavathy AU - Lim, Siong Meng AU - Neoh, Chin Fen AU - Ming, Long Chiau PY - 2016 DA - 2016/01/15 TI - The immediate effect of traditional Malay massage on substance P, inflammatory mediators, pain scale and functional outcome among patients with low back pain: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial JO - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine SP - 16 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - The treatment of low back pain is very challenging due to the recurrent nature of the problem. It is believed that traditional Malay massage helps 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 study is to investigate the immediate effect of traditional Malay massage on the pain scale, substance P, inflammatory mediators, and functional outcomes among low back pain patients. SN - 1472-6882 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-016-0988-1 DO - 10.1186/s12906-016-0988-1 ID - Sejari2016 ER -