Efficacy of Motor Control and Diathermy Treatment in Acute Low Back Pain

University of Alcala

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Device: microwave diathermy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03386084

CEIM/HU/2017/19

Details and patient eligibility

About

Lumbar pain is considered one of the most frequent health problems faced by human populations on a global scale.

This study will be carried out to evaluate the efficiency of motor control treatments combined with diathermy in patients diagnosed with acute lower back pain, focusing upon the potential for accelerated patient recuperation if both treatments are applied simultaneously and jointly.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Acute low back pain (no more of 4 weeks)
• Spanish speaker
• Between 18-65 years

Exclusion criteria

• Patients in whom diathermy is a contraindicated therapy
• Pacemaker
• Pregnant
• Not intact skin
• Thrombophlebitis
• Hypotension
• Anticoagulated patient or with local surgical intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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22 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

direct application of microwave diathermy and motor control

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: microwave diathermy

application of microwave diathermy without therapeutic effects

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: microwave diathermy