Status:

TERMINATED

Underwater Jet Massage Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain

Lead Sponsor:

Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Budapest

Conditions:

Low Back Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Brief Summary

Underwater massage is the more modern variety of massages otherwise known as tangentor, where the temperature of the water of the treatment tub and the mechanical effect of the water jet is utilised. ...

Detailed Description

Informed consent was obtained from all participants. We use two groups to investigate the effects of the tangentor on the low back pain. The patients presenting at the rheumatology inpatient clinics ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • at least 12 weeks of non-specific lymphatic pain,the pain sensitivity of the paravertebral muscle and the painful movement of the lumbar spine can be observed, which can be characterized by segmental motion, segmental instability or other reasons.
  • radiographically confirmed spondylosis, discopathy, and spondylarthrosis within one year.
  • back pain at least 30mm (100mm visualis analogue scale).
  • patient consent form signed before the start of test

Exclusion

  • patients could not received systemic or locally administered steroid therapy, physiotherapy or they get balneotherapy in the last 2 months
  • The exclusion criteria included:
  • previous lumbar spine surgery,
  • progressive neurologic loss,
  • pregnancy,
  • umbilical- , inguinal hernia,
  • malignities,
  • infectious diseases,
  • inflammatory pathologies,
  • severe pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases,
  • uncontrolled hypertension,
  • mental disorders,
  • incontinence,
  • Acute lower back pain; Organic neurological symptoms associated with the lower back;
  • pain in the background of osteoporosis or other causes of vertebral compression is likely; malignity in the background;
  • Lack of complience,
  • Pain due to inflammatory spinal disease;
  • spondylolisthesis (which is not greater than 25% of vertebral skeleton compared to adjacent vertebrae)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2019

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 28 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04485182

Start Date

June 1 2019

End Date

March 28 2023

Last Update

March 31 2023

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Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God,

Budapest, Árpád Fejedelem Útja 7, Hungary, 1027