Massage Therapy on Hamstrings in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Low Back Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Massage Therapy on Hamstrings in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02537119
• Other study ID #: Cardenal Herrera University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 26, 2015
• Last updated: January 26, 2016
• Start date: May 2015
• Est. completion date: January 2016

Study information

• Verified date: September 2015
• Source: Cardenal Herrera University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Spain: Comité Ético de Investigación Clínica
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: January 2016
• Est. primary completion date: August 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

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

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Low Back Pain

Intervention

Procedure:
• Dynamic massage therapy
Dynamic massage therapy on hamstring combined with knee extension
• Massage therapy
Rubbing on hamstrings

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	CEU Cardenal Herrera University	Moncada	Valencia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cardenal Herrera University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

References & Publications (3)

Aguilera FJ, Martín DP, Masanet RA, Botella AC, Soler LB, Morell FB. Immediate effect of ultrasound and ischemic compression techniques for the treatment of trapezius latent myofascial trigger points in healthy subjects: a randomized controlled study. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Sep;32(7):515-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.08.001. — View Citation

Montañez-Aguilera FJ, Valtueña-Gimeno N, Pecos-Martín D, Arnau-Masanet R, Barrios-Pitarque C, Bosch-Morell F. Changes in a patient with neck pain after application of ischemic compression as a trigger point therapy. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2010;23(2):101-4. doi: 10.3233/BMR-2010-0255. — View Citation

Pecos-Martín D, Montañez-Aguilera FJ, Gallego-Izquierdo T, Urraca-Gesto A, Gómez-Conesa A, Romero-Franco N, Plaza-Manzano G. Effectiveness of dry needling on the lower trapezius in patients with mechanical neck pain: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015 May;96(5):775-81. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.12.016. Epub 2015 Jan 9. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Hamstrings extensibility measured with sit-and-reach test	Fixing a meter stick on top of a solid box so that 26 cm of the ruler extend over the front edge of the box toward the test subject. Used to check the increase in hip flexion.	Two weeks	No
Secondary	Low back pain measured with visual analog scale	The subject indicates the intensity of pain by marking a 100-mm horizontal line with two extremes: no pain and worst imaginable pain. Used to check the decrease low back pain	Two weeks. Participants will be followed for four weeks after completion of the intervention	No
Secondary	Low back disability measured with the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire	Oswestry Disability Questionnaire is an important tool to measure functional low back disability. For each section the total possible score is 5: if the first statement is marked the section score = 0; if the last statement is marked, it = 5. If all 10 sections are completed the score is calculated as follows: Example: 16 (total scored) 50 (total possible score) x 100 = 32%	Two weeks. Participants will be followed for four weeks after completion of the intervention	No