Olive Oil Phonophoresis and Chronic Low Back

Ardabil University of Medical Sciences

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Drug: Phonophoresis gel; Dietary Supplement: Olive oil

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01772433

1391/7/18

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is intended to evaluate the effect of olive oil phonophoresis on chronic law back pain in female athletes.

Full description

This study will enroll 60 female patients suffering from chronic low back pain. the study will run in single blind mode that only patients will kept unaware of treatment.

The duration of treatment is 10 days. patients will be assigned randomly to olive oil or placebo group. every day, they will take phonophoresis on lower back using phonophoresis gel as placebo or olive oil as treatment for 10 day. the questionnaires will be filled in baseline visit and day 10. any side effect of drugs or technique will be recorded

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Young female athletes suffering from low back pain for more than three months

Exclusion criteria

• Underlying systematic or visceral disease
• Specific conditions such as neoplasm and fractures, spondylolisthesis
• Previous low back surgery
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Phonophoresis Gel

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The Phonophoresis gel will be used as placebo

Treatment:

Drug: Phonophoresis gel

Olive Oil

Experimental group

Description:

Olive oil will be used as a replacement to phonophoresis gel in this arm

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Olive oil