Measuring the Morphological Characteristics of Thoracolumbar Fascia in Low Back Pain

Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Education and Research Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Device: Ultrasonographic measurements

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05366972

2020/06-24

Details and patient eligibility

About

Recently, it has been reported that the thoracolumbar fascia may play a role in the pathophysiology of chronic low back pain.There is still no standard method for imaging and analyzing the thoracolumbar fascia.The aim of this study is to advance the understanding of the role of the thoracolumbar fascia in chronic low back pain as well as to advance the analysis methods.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-65 years old
• Patients with low back pain for more than 6 months
• Healthy volunteers

Exclusion criteria

• Previous low back or back surgery
• Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus
• Mental retardation
• Metabolic disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Patients diagnosed with low back pain

Active Comparator group

Description:

Measurements of the back muscles and thoracolumbar fascia will be made by ultrasonography.

Treatment:

Device: Ultrasonographic measurements

Healthy volunteers

Active Comparator group

Description:

Measurements of the back muscles and thoracolumbar fascia will be made by ultrasonography.

Treatment:

Device: Ultrasonographic measurements