Status:
COMPLETED
Relationship Between Pressure Pain Threshold and Pain Intensity, Affect and Disability in CLBP
Lead Sponsor:
Dow University of Health Sciences
Conditions:
Pain Threshold
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
MALE
18-50 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The association between pressure pain threshold and different aspects of low back pain has garnered attention over the years. However, since most of such studies in the past employed cross sectional d...
Detailed Description
This study is aimed to examine and evaluate the true extent of the relationship between pressure pain threshold (PPT) and different aspects of somatic pain, by studying the interplay between PPT and d...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adult males with low back pain with an age group of 18-50 years.
Exclusion
- Individuals having low back pain for less than 3 months.
- Individuals with specific underlying pathology as the cause of CLBP. (Active oncological disease, Known disc derangement, cauda equina syndrome, spinal trauma i.e. fracture, neuropathy i.e. sciatica or severe root compression, spinal structural deformity, infection, inflammatory joint disease, spinal stenosis, spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis).
- Individuals having neurological diseases (including central and peripheral diseases); metabolic diseases (i.e. diabetes and hypothyroidism); coagulopathies (i.e. haemophilia).
- Individuals with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS); myofascial pain syndrome (MPS); allodynia (stroking hyperalgesia).
- Individuals suffering from aphasia or suffering from deafness, blindness or muteness.
- Individuals with skin disease (i.e. psoriasis, scleroderma, leprosy, etc.) or skin lesions (i.e. abrasion/laceration/ bruise) in the low back region.
- Individuals having oral temperature of 100 F or above.
- Individuals who have undergone spinal surgery.
- Individuals scoring 28+ for depression, 20+ for anxiety, 34+ for stress on DASS-21.
- Individuals in whom prone lying causes significant discomfort (i.e. dyspnoea etc.).
- Individuals who do not perceive pressure pain below 10 kg/cm2 during PPT testing.
- Individuals evincing bruising to PPT testing.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 16 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
41 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04482075
Start Date
July 1 2019
End Date
January 16 2021
Last Update
August 18 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Institute of Physical medicine & Rehabilitation, Dow University of Health Sciences
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan