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NCT Number: NCT05440253

Effectiveness of Manual Therapy in Non-specific Low Back Pain

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Physiotherapy Specialty Back Pain Low Back Pain Neurologic Manifestations Pain Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Universidad Católica de Ávila

Ávila, 05005, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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).

Treatment and study plan

dry needling

Device

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

Ischemic Compression

Procedure

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

Primary outcomes

  1. Pain

    Time frame: 1 week

    Visual Scale Analogue (0 minimum, 10 maximum).

Secondary outcomes

  1. movement

    Time frame: 1 week

    Schober test (0 minimum, 45 maximun).

  2. quality of life

    Time frame: 1 week

    Oswestry low back pain disability scale (0 minimum, 100% maximum; Between 0-20% minimal limitation or disability, 21-40% moderate limitation or disability, 41- 60% severe limitation or disability, 61-80% disabled and above 81% limitation or disability.

    60% severe limitation or disability, 61-80% disabled and above 81% maximum functional limitation or disability, 61-80% disabled and above 81% maximum functional limitation or disability.

    maximum functional limitation).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad Católica de Ávila

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Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of Dry Needling VS Ischaemic Compression on Latent Myofascial Myofascial Trigger Points in the Gluteus Medius in Patients With Patients With Non-specific Low Back Pain: a Randomised Clinical Trial

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Jun 30, 2022
Registry last updated
Aug 15, 2022

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