Effectiveness of Fascial Manipulation for Chronic Low Back Pain

University of Bologna

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Fascial Manipulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01269983

CdL_Ft_lombalgia_09

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of a physiotherapy program for chronic low back pain. We'll randomize more about 35 patients in two groups. Both groups will receive an 8 physioterapy intervention in 4 weeks, in particular the first group (study) will receive 4 Fascial Manipulation treatment combined with 4 session of a standard approach (mobilization and stretching exercises); whereas the second (control) will receive only the standard approach.

Full description

All patients were assessed and randomised by a physician. The control group intervention concerned of: relaxation of lumbar and respiration muscles, stretching for posterior muscular chain and hip flexors, assisted/active mobilization of lumbar region in sagittal plane and rotation, exercises to improve proprioception of lumbar spine, active and progressive movement of lumbar spine in anterior flexion, extension, lateroflexion and rotation, active exercise for lumbar stabilizers muscles, occupational training for activity of daily living, indications and recommendations for correct postures. The study group intervention received 4 manual intervention on deep fascial tissues, according to fascial manipulation tecnique, providing a specific motor and manual assessment, and a deep manual intervention over specific fascial alteration.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with a chronic low back pain (more than 7 weeks)
• age between 20 to 60 years old

Exclusion criteria

• presence of neurological red flags
• continuative assumption of drugs for low back pain
• no positive imaging for spine lesions (fractures, spondilolistesi,
• vascular desease (aneurism abdominal aorta)
• secondary lesions (oncological desease)
• rheumatic systemic desease
• any other neurological desease which could compromise the partecipation to the program exercise

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

fascial manipolation

Experimental group

Description:

8 treatment sessions: 4 of fascial manipulation treatment, and 4 of standard physiotherapy (rexing exercise, stretching, abdominal and paravertebral isometric muscular recruiting)

Treatment:

Other: Fascial Manipulation

physiotherapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

8 treatment sessions of standard physiotherapy (rexing exercise, stretching, abdominal and paravertebral isometric muscular recruiting)

Treatment:

Other: Fascial Manipulation