Effects of Myofascial Release on Pain, Disability and Electromyography of Erector Spinae in Chronic Low Back Pain

Cardenal Herrera University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Disability; Range of Motion; Motor Activity; Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Placebo; Other: myofascial treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01241071

CEU-UCH-88

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether myofascial release techniques are effective in the improvement of pain, disability and electromyography response of lumbar muscles in patients with chronic low back pain.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• low back pain for more than 3 months

Exclusion criteria

• vertebra fractures
• systemic disease (spondylitis, neoplasia, infectious, vascular, endocrine or metabolic disorders)
• spinal surgery
• advanced lumbar instability
• osteoporosis (in advanced stage)
• degenerative articular disease
• acute soft tissue inflammation
• rheumatoid arthritis
• osteomyelitis
• neuromuscular disease
• lower limb musculoskeletal injuries
• radiculopathy
• cauda equine syndrome
• myelopathy
• stenosis
• structural spine deformity (kyphoscoliosis...)
• pregnancy
• abundant menstruation
• IUD carrier
• mental disease
• dermatologic disease
• skin sensitivity
• aneurysma
• corticosteroids treatment
• anticoagulant therapy
• hypertension
• diabetes
• hemophilia
• leucemia
• rejection to manual contact

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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54 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Myofascial treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Myofascial release techniques of different muscles implicated in low back pain

Treatment:

Other: myofascial treatment

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Placebo