Trigger Point Incidence After Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Manual palpation for incidence determination

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04136197

Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our purpose is to determine the incidence of trigger points in patients who remain in a fixed position for a long time during lumbar disc herniation surgery.

Full description

The 110 participants between 30-70 years are chosen from patients who had lumbar disc herniation surgery. The trigger points are determined by manually palpating quadratus lumborum, iliocostalis lumborum, gluteus Maximus, gluteus minimus, gluteus medius, ve piriformis muscles before and after surgery. Data will be recorded on the patient assessment file and transferred to the computer and analyzed. Data analysis will be performed with SPSS.20.

Enrollment: 110 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To be between 30-70 years
• To have low back pain during minimum 6 weeks
• To be voluntary participation for this study
• To approve the informed consent form
• To have the trigger point causing low back pain on muscles including quadratus lumborum, iliocostalis lumborum, gluteus maximus, gluteus minimus, gluteus medius, ve piriformis muscles.

Exclusion criteria

• To be diagnosed with spinal stenosis or spondylolisthesis
• To have any skin problem affecting lower extremity evaluation
• To have tumor on spinal region
• To have rheumatological or any systemic problem that may interfere with trigger point diagnose