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Effectiveness of Dry Needling in Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain
Led by Iran University of Medical Sciences · Updated on 2025-05-02
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Participants Needed
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Research Sites
231 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Low back pain is a major health problem that affects psychosocial, economical, functional and physical aspects of the patients' life. The aim of this study will be to investigate the effectiveness of dry needling on pain, functional disability, postural control and pain pressure threshold in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain using a randomized controlled trial design. Patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain will be randomly divided into two groups: Experimental group (dry needling and routine physical therapy) and control group (sham dry needling and routine physical therapy). Primary outcomes will be pain intensity and functional disability. Postural control and pain pressure threshold will be considered as secondary outcomes.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Effectiveness of Dry Needling in Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients aged between 18 to 45 years
- Moderate pain at rest with a score between 30 and 60 on the Numeric Pain Rating Scale
- Presence of trigger points in the lumbar multifidus muscle
- Ability to speak and read Persian
You will not qualify if you...
- Currently taking anticoagulant medications
- Specific low back pain conditions such as neurogenic pain, spinal stenosis, cauda equina syndrome, spondylolisthesis, or signs of non-musculoskeletal diseases like cancer, infection, or fracture in the low back or lower extremities
- Prior surgery to the lumbosacral spine
- Inability to lie prone
- Severe misalignments in the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, pelvic regions, or lower limbs
- History of uncorrected vision, vestibular, hearing, or cognitive impairments
- Leg length difference that affects balance
- Systemic diseases like diabetes, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative or other rheumatoid diseases
- Needle phobia
- Sacroiliac pain identified by six clinical tests: compression, distraction, sacral thrust, thigh thrust, Gaenslen's, and FABER's
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
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Physical therapy clinic at rehabilitation center of Iran university of medical sciences
Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran, 1545913487
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Research Team
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Bahareh Firouzeh, Bachelor
CONTACT
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Mohammadreza Pourahmadi, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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