Manipulative Therapy Techniques to Treat Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT01796496 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UAL-1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 62
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of a three manipulative therapy techniques in People with Chronic Low Back Pain.

Conditions

Low Back Pain; Chronic Disease

Keywords

Low back pain.; Manipulative therapy techniques.; Randomized controlled trial.; Chronic pain.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ)

  The Roland Morris disability questionnaire is a self-administered disability measurement scored on a 24-point scale from 0 = no disability to 24 = severe disability.

  At baseline, 3 weeks and 7 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)

  At baseline, 3 weeks and 7 weeks

• Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

  At baseline, 3 weeks and 7 weeks

• Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK)

  At baseline, 3 weeks and 7 weeks

• Quality of Life

  At baseline, 3 weeks and 7 weeks

• Isometric Resistance of Abdominal Muscles

  At baseline, 3 weeks and 7 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Manipulative Therapy Techniques

EXPERIMENTAL

Manipulative Therapy Techniques involve three techniques on lumbar and sacral areas. This protocol will be administered one a week for 3 weeks.

Other: Manipulative Therapy Techniques

Functional Technique

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Manipulative Therapy Technique involves one technique on lumbar area. This protocol will be administered one a week for 3 weeks.

Other: Functional Technique

Interventions

Manipulative Therapy Techniques OTHER

* Global Technical bilateral pelvis: The technique involves inserting a small spine rotation and make a slack in three stages. * Indirect technique of lumbar roll in rotation for bilateral L3: to reduce the slack and make the body drop simultaneously, together with a high speed contraction pectoral muscles and triceps, iliac crest leading caudad which produces a rotation of the vertebra underlying joint space opening. * Dog-technic on D12: this technique reduces the slack in the abdomen toward the hand in contact with D12. Next, the therapist conducted a thrust in the direction of the reduction.

Manipulative Therapy Techniques

Functional Technique OTHER

The therapist presses the two anterior superior iliac spines to open the back of the pelvis, this maintained throughout the technique. Then patient is asked to breathe deeply and exhale, sacrum makes a flexion-extension respectively. These movements should be symmetrical and of equal duration in time.

Functional Technique

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 55 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Low back pain for ≥ 3 months.
• Score ≥4 on the Roland Morris disability questionnaire.
• No undergoing another physical therapy treatment.
• Inability to achieve lumbar muscle flexion-relaxation in trunk flexion

You may not qualify if:

• Clinical signs of radiculopathy.
• Presence of lumbar stenosis.
• Fibromyalgia.
• Spondylolisthesis.
• History of spinal surgery.
• Treatment with corticosteroids in the past two weeks.
• Disease of the central or peripheral nervous system.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad de Almeria: lead
• Universidad de Granada: collaborator
• Universidad Rey Juan Carlos: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Adelaida María Castro-Sánchez

Almería, Almeria, 04120, Spain

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain; Chronic Disease; Chronic Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Back Pain; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes

Study Officials

• Adelaida M Castro-Sánchez, PhD

  Universidad de Almeria

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer-PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 20, 2013
• First Posted: February 21, 2013
• Study Start: March 1, 2013
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2013
• Study Completion: November 1, 2013
• Last Updated: October 6, 2015

Record last verified: 2013-11

Locations

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