Massage Therapy on Hamstrings in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Cardenal Herrera University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Massage therapy; Procedure: Dynamic massage therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02537119

Cardenal Herrera University

Details and patient eligibility

About

Effectiveness of a technique of dynamic massage therapy in the hamstrings in patients with nonspecific low back pain.

Full description

The main objective of this study is to test the effectiveness of a technique of dynamic massage therapy in the hamstrings in patients with nonspecific low back pain. Secondary objectives are assess whether the technique of dynamic massage therapy increases the extensibility of the hamstrings, assess whether the treatment of hamstrings decreases low back pain and determine whether the application of this technique decreases the disability associated with nonspecific low back pain.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-65 years old.
• Low back pain with over three months of evolution.
• Practice sports regularly (at least three times a week).

Exclusion criteria

• Fractures, Tumors, congenital anomalies, rheumatic diseases, infectious or inflammatory processes.
• Pathology Nerve root
• Presence of neurological deficit or neuromuscular diseases.
• Surgery
• Physiotherapy treatment for low back pain in the last 30 days.
• Drugs in previous 24h

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Dynamic massage therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Rubbing on hamstrings combined with articular movement

Treatment:

Procedure: Dynamic massage therapy

Massage therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Rubbing on hamstrings

Treatment:

Procedure: Massage therapy