Status:
RECRUITING
Effectiveness of Diaphragm Treatment in Reducing Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
University of Seville
Conditions:
Low Back Pain, Mechanical
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-50 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Objective: Determine the benefits of including a Stretching technique of the anterior part of the diaphragm in the supine position in the conventional physiotherapy treatment protocol applied to insur...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient diagnosed with subacute or chronic mechanical low back pain by a specialist doctor and who has attended in "Fisioclinic" physiotherapy clinic.
- Older than 18 years-old.
- Indistinct sex.
- Diaphragm dysfunction.
Exclusion
- Any surgical intervention on the upper and lower limbs, head, spine, thorax or abdomen at any time in their lives, with a visible anatomy cause on imaging tests.
- Any pathology of non-mechanical origin, such as inflammatory, infectious, tumorous, neurological, traumatic processes and bone diseases in the lumbar spine.
- Having received analgesic or anti-inflammatory medical treatment for pain in a period of less than two weeks.
- Pregnant women, including the breastfeeding period.
- Patients receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
- Basic systemic disease of rheumatic origin (for example, arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout and psoriasis).
- Implanted electronic devices.
- Drug or alcohol abuse, analgesic or sedative therapy and use of medications that affect the central nervous system (for example, antidepressants, anxiolytics and anticonvulsants).
- Patients who have previous experience with manual treatment of the diaphragm.
- Patients with high work activity.
- Outside the age range for the study.
- Refusal to participate in the study.
- Refusal to complete and sign the informed consent.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 15 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
November 1 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
68 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06069388
Start Date
September 15 2023
End Date
November 1 2024
Last Update
May 8 2024
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Juan Antonio Díaz-Mancha
Seville, Seville, Spain