Status:
COMPLETED
Effectiveness of Manual Therapy in Non-specific Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Universidad Católica de Ávila
Conditions:
Physiotherapy Specialty
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Low back pain affects many people and involves high medical costs. For this reason, we wish to test the efficacy of dry needling VS ischaemic compression in patients with non-specific low back pain. T...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Signed informed consent form.
- Presence of non-specific low back pain for more than six weeks.
- Presence of a palpable tight band nodule in the gluteus medius muscle.
- Presence of a hypersensitive or hyperirritable point in the tight band.
- Patients reporting local or referred pain in the area of the latent MGP after mechanical stimulation mechanical stimulation.
Exclusion
- Surgeries in the lumbopelvic region.
- Diagnosis of herniated discs in the lumbar region.
- Positive cognitive screening according to the Pfeiffer questionnaire.
- Heterometrics.
- Age outside the range of 18 to 75 years.
- Ingested or injected anticoagulant or antiplatelet drugs.
- Systemic or local infection in the lumbar region.
- Pregnancy.
- Presence of fear of needles (belonephobia).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 24 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05440253
Start Date
April 1 2022
End Date
June 24 2022
Last Update
August 15 2022
Active Locations (1)
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Universidad Católica de Ávila
Ávila, Spain, 05005