Laser and Therapeutic Ultrasound in the Management of the Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: continuous ultrasound group; Other: pulsed ultrasound group; Other: low level laser therapy group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02150096

CEP 390/10

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is evaluate the laser and ultrasound effect on pain and disability in women with non-specific chronic low back pain.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• non-specific chronic low back pain
• moderate pain
• eutrophics women

Exclusion criteria

• disk herniation
• cardiac diseases
• psychiatrics diseases
• endocrinous diseases
• fractures of the spine
• fractures of lower members
• diabetics
• dental emergency
• local infections
• local non sensibility
• analgesics and anti-inflammatories in use
• neurologic diseases
• pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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150 participants in 4 patient groups

Continuous ultrasound group

Active Comparator group

Description:

the group will be treated with 1,5 W/cm² 6 minutes in each side of the lumbar spine in 6 points around the lumbar spine

Treatment:

Other: low level laser therapy group

Other: pulsed ultrasound group

Pulsed ultrasound group

Active Comparator group

Description:

the group will be treated with 1,5 W/cm² 6 minutes in each side of the lumbar spine in 6 points around the lumbar spine

Treatment:

Other: low level laser therapy group

Other: continuous ultrasound group

low level laser therapy group

Active Comparator group

Description:

the group will be treated with 3J during 6 minutes in each side of the lumbar spine in 6 points around the lumbar spine

Treatment:

Other: pulsed ultrasound group

Other: continuous ultrasound group

control group

No Intervention group

Description:

group of women no treated, only evaluated in two moments and this group will be compared with orthers: laser, pulsed ultrasound and continuous ultrasound.