Effect of Treatment on Connective Tissue in Low Back Pain

Okan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Connective Tissue Defect (Diagnosis); Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Kinesio Tape® Tex Gold); Other: IASTM application

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04762563

003

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) and kinesiology taping (KT) that are additional treatment to the conservative treatment for the lumbar region and hamstrings and connective tissue thickness in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP).

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• between the ages of 30 and 50
• who had low back pain for at least 12 weeks,
• received no physical therapy in the last 6 months,
• received no IASTM or chemotherapy,
• had normal movement of the hip joint
• Visual Analog Scale value above 3

Exclusion criteria

• the presence of allergy and skin diseases,
• pregnancy,
• major structural spinal deformity (scoliosis, kyphosis, stenosis),
• inflammatory disease,
• presence of extruded and sequestered herniation, -signs of neurological disease, -
• presence of orthopedic diseases such as fracture
• a history of spinal surgery.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental: Study Group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in the IASTM group were asked to lie face down on a stretcher, exposing the entire lumbar region. IASTM was applied to all paraspinal muscles for a total of 5 minutes after massage cream was applied. Immediately afterwards, the same application was performed for the right and left hamstring muscles from the gluteal line to the bottom of the popliteal fossa for 3 minutes after massage cream was applied. IASTM application was performed vertically, horizontally and diagonally using instruments of different sizes and shapes at an angle of 45 degrees to the skin surface.

Treatment:

Other: IASTM application

Active Comparator

Active Comparator group

Description:

KT application (Kinesio Tape® Tex Gold) was performed using the "muscle technique". In lumbar region application, while the patient was standing, the tape was cut as a Y-strip with a base of 5 cm.

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio Tape® Tex Gold)