Visceral Somatization and Low Back Pain.

Charles University, Czech Republic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lumbar Strain

Treatments: Other: conventional physiotherapy; Other: additional therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04694170

Sklepnikova, Kidney

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to verify the significance of the inclusion of procedures of a comprehensive therapeutic approach according to Eastern techniques to classical physiotherapy and to find out whether these Eastern techniques can contribute to the enrichment of standard physiotherapy. According to TCM and Ayurveda, another goal is to develop appropriate regimen measures to create a yoga regimen suitable for patients who have renal and bladder dysfunction according to TCM and whose main common symptom is chronic non-specific low back pain. The study is based upon comparing a four-week physiotherapy program according to the physician's indication and a physiotherapy program enriched with compiled regimen measures and yoga exercises in selected probands.

Full description

Two groups of probands were used - an experimental and control group. There were 6 probands in each group. The four-week therapy effect, which took place twice a week for 60 minutes, was compared. The control group received physiotherapy, as indicated by the physician. According to TCM and Ayurveda, the experimental group underwent physiotherapy as indicated by a doctor enriched with yoga exercises and regime measures. It was asked to perform yoga exercises daily at home. The therapy's effect was evaluated using the Short-form-36 Health-related Quality of Life Questionnaire (HRQoL), the VAS scale of pain intensity, the number of responses in the anamnestic questionnaire the author compiled the kinesiological analysis.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 26 to 54 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• More than half of the answers in the anamnestic questionnaire (n ≥ 14)
• More than half of the answers in the kinesiological analysis (n ≥ 7)
• Lower back pain lasting longer than 12 weeks
• Degree of pain ≥ 3 on a visual analog scale

Exclusion criteria

• Neurological or other structural cause of lower back or other pain key symptoms
• Serious systemic diseases (DM, heart or cancer)
• Contraindications to movements of the spine and other root joints of the body in full scope
• Pregnancy
• Simultaneous completion of another physiotherapeutic intervention, yoga exercise or treatment according to TCM
• Use of analgesics, antiphlogistics or muscle relaxants during therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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12 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with musculoskeletal pain in the lumbar region. Patients with typical symptoms of functional dysfunction of kidney undergo conventional physiotherapy and an alternative approach by yoga set exercising and regimen restriction according to traditional Chinese medicine.

Treatment:

Other: additional therapy

Other: conventional physiotherapy

control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients with musculoskeletal pain in the lumbar region. Patients with kidney dysfunction symptoms treated by conventional physiotherapy only.

Treatment:

Other: conventional physiotherapy