Effectiveness of Manual Therapy in Non-specific Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT05440253

Last Updated: 2022-08-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 80 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-06-24

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. To this end, an investigation was carried out on 40 patients diagnosed with this ailment, divided into two groups by randomisation to assess the intensity of pain, range of movement, pain threshold to pressure and quality of life, measuring these variables prior to the intervention, immediately, at 48 hours and one week after the intervention.

Conditions

Physiotherapy Specialty; Low Back Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

dry needling group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

dry needling

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Dry needling of the trigger point of the gluteus medius in patients diagnosed with non-specific low back pain.

ischaemic compression group

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

ischemic compression

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Ischaemic trigger point compression of the gluteus medius in patients diagnosed with non-specific low back pain.

Interventions

dry needling

Dry needling of the trigger point of the gluteus medius in patients diagnosed with non-specific low back pain.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

ischemic compression

Ischaemic trigger point compression of the gluteus medius in patients diagnosed with non-specific low back pain.

Intervention Type: PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 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 Criteria

• 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).

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 75 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Universidad Católica de Ávila

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

JORGE VELAZQUEZ SAORNIL

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Universidad Católica de Ávila

Ávila, , Spain

Countries

Spain

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Other Identifiers

230622

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id