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Clinical Trials/IRCT20211118053098N1
IRCT20211118053098N1
Recruiting
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Effectiveness of Dry Needling on Pain, Functional Disability, Postural Control, and Pain Pressure Threshold in patients with Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Iran University of Medical Sciences0 sites40 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Chronic Nonspecific low back pain.
Sponsor
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Enrollment
40
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
4 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
4 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients age between 18 to 45 years.
  • Moderate pain at rest (between 30 and 60 in NPRS).
  • Patients with trigger points in the lumbar multifidus muscle.
  • Patients have the ability to speak and read Persian.

Exclusion Criteria

  • known pregnancy.
  • Currently taking anticoagulant medications.
  • Specific low back pain (Neurogenic low back pain, Spinal stenosis, cauda equina syndrome, spondylolisthesis, and Presence of any signs or symptoms of non\-musculoskeletal pathology e.g. cancer, infection and fracture in low back and lower extremities based on paraclinical findings).
  • Prior surgery to the lumbosacral spine.
  • Inability to obtain prone lying.
  • Severe malalignments in the cervical, thoracic, lumbar or pelvic region and the lower limbs.
  • History of uncorrected vision impairment, vestibular, hearing or cognitive impairments.
  • Leg length discrepancy which disturbs balance.
  • Systemic diseases, such as diabetes, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative diseases and other rheumatoid diseases.
  • Needle phobia.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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