Status:
UNKNOWN
The Effect of Dry Needling Compared to Lumbar Spine Mobilization in Patients With Chronic Non Specific Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-45 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Low back pain is a major public health challenge worldwide. The aim of this study will be to compare the effect of dry needling with mobilization on pain, functional disability, quadratus lumborum and...
Detailed Description
The present study will be a randomized, parallel group, two-arm, double-blind, double-dummy, superiority, controlled trial with a 1:1 allocation ratio. The main objective of this study is to compare t...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Participants aged between 18 to 45 years.
- Moderate pain intensity (between 30 to 60) based on Numerical Pain Rating Scale (0 means no pain and 100 is the most imaginable pain).
- Participants with trigger points in the quadratus lumborum and lumbar multifidus muscles.
- The Participant's symptoms are provoked with passive accessory intervertebral movements on at least one level of the lumbar spine vertebrae.
- Patients are able to read and write Persian.
Exclusion
- Complications that affect the treatment process such as systemic diseases, neurological disorders, inflammatory conditions, infectious conditions, structural and degenerative changes, metabolic bone diseases and bleeding disorders.
- History of lumbar surgery.
- Specific low back pain (Neurogenic low back pain, spinal stenosis, cauda equina syndrome, spondylolisthesis, and Presence of any signs or symptoms of non- musculoskeletal pathology e.g. cancer, infection and fracture based on paraclinical findings)
- Inability to obtain prone lying.
- Pregnancy.
- Needle phobia.
- Long history of steroid use
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 20 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 30 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
56 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05214456
Start Date
October 20 2022
End Date
December 30 2023
Last Update
February 16 2023
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IRANums
Tehran, Iran