Compare the Effect of Exercise Program Plus Dry Needling Versus Elastic Taping

NCT ID: NCT06207097

Last Updated: 2024-01-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 22 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-08-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-12-18

Brief Summary

Low back pain is a common musculoskeletal health condition in society. It is a leading cause of disability globally and has created a significant burden in terms of work disability and high healthcare costs.

Studies on the treatment of combined therapies for non-specific low back pain are scarce, so it is not known in depth which intervention is the best for reducing pain. For this reason, the objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the effect of physical exercise plus dry needling versus physical exercise plus elastic bandage. For this, a randomized clinical trial was carried out with a total of 22 people, where pain was evaluated using the ENA scale and functionality using the Oswestry test. Participants received CORE stabilization exercises. CORE stability training has become a popular training trend and has begun to be applied in rehabilitation programs and sports medicine (1).

The expected results of the study are that the group that receives the physical exercise intervention plus dry needling will have better results in reducing the pain and functionality variable, evaluated with ENA and Oswestry in 4 sessions.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Dry needling plus exercise program.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

physiotherapy techniques

Intervention Type: OTHER

Dry neeling: invasive physiotherapy technique where an acupuncture needle is used on painful points Elastic taping: physiotherapy technique where elastic bandage is used on the skin Exercise program: physical exercise prescription

Elastic taping plus exercise program.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

physiotherapy techniques

Intervention Type: OTHER

Dry neeling: invasive physiotherapy technique where an acupuncture needle is used on painful points Elastic taping: physiotherapy technique where elastic bandage is used on the skin Exercise program: physical exercise prescription

Interventions

physiotherapy techniques

Dry neeling: invasive physiotherapy technique where an acupuncture needle is used on painful points Elastic taping: physiotherapy technique where elastic bandage is used on the skin Exercise program: physical exercise prescription

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Workers of the University of the Americas, Santiago Centro Campus, Echaurren and República Headquarters

Exclusion Criteria

Not having a diagnosis of cancer,

• Hernia of the nucleus pulposus with neural symptoms,
• Pregnant
• History of recent surgery (<6 months)
• History of tumor
• History of spinal fracture
• People with belonephobia

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Americas

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ignacio Astudillo Ganora

PhD

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Ignacio Astudillo, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidad de las Americas

Locations

Universidad de las Americas

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

Countries

Chile

Other Identifiers

CEC_FP_2023022

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id