SELF-REGULATION IN STRESS AND CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL EMPLOYING A VIBRO HRV-TRAINING AND MYOFASCIAL SELF-TREATMENT
- Conditions
- M54.5Low back pain
- Registration Number
- DRKS00031284
- Lead Sponsor
- CIT Research Institute
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 28
Chronic back pain with prominence in the lumbar region for a duration of at least 3 months and a frequency of at least once a week; pain severity on a numerical rating scale (0-10) of at least 5 points; subcutaneous fat layer thickness on lumber area less than 2cm (measured with a skin fold applicator).
Acute herniated disc; acute local and general inflammations; neurological disorders; fibromyalgia; radicular symptoms with positive Laseque test and foot lifting dysfunction; paraspinal metastases or tumors; cancer diseases requiring chemotherapy, radio-therapy or surgical treatment over the next 12 months; characteristics of rheumatological, cardiovascular or pulmonary chronic diseases; severe depressions and severe anxiety disorders; suicidal tendency; drug abuse or addiction; pregnancy; adiposity; cardiac pacemaker.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method All measurements taken pre intervention, post 3 weeks and post 13 weeks. <br>1. Participant's elasticity and stiffness laterally to the lumbar spine using a MyotonPRO <br>2. Pain sensitivity using Algometer-Indentometer<br>3. Range of motion using Mobee Med<br>4. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia using HRV Scanner Biosign<br><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method All measurements taken pre intervention, post 3 weeks and post 13 weeks. <br>1. Participant's pain and stress using the brief pain inventory (BPI)<br>2. Pain disability index (PDI)<br>3. Modified stress questionnaire (developed specifically for this study)<br>