Effect of different forms of electrical stimulation for pain relief in patients with low back pain: a randomized clinical trial

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Recruiting

• Conditions: low back pain; C10.597.617.232.400

• Registration Number: RBR-4qxt3z
• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Universitário (HU) da Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-12-30
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Volunteers of both genders; aged between 20 and 55; to have nonspecific low back pain for at least 3 months ago; paid work for at least 8 hours per week

Exclusion Criteria

patients performing physical therapy or any other method of treatment, pregnant women or mothers who gave birth in the last 3 months; important deformities and / or amputations of lower limbs (LL); low back pain due to infections; tumors; osteoporosis; rheumatoid arthritis; vertebral fracture; radiculopathy or inflammatory processes; skin lesions in the affected region; and infections assets; other nervous or dermal tissue disease affecting the lower back; surgery or invasive examinations of the spine in the last 3 months; inability to understand the instructions or consent for the study; psychiatric diseases; neurological disorders (eg. stroke; Parkinson's; Alzheimer's; brain tumor; dementia; multiple sclerosis; substance abuse) or lung such as chronic obstruction oxygen dependent; which could seriously affect the test results; heart disease such as cardiac arrhythmia; angina pectoris; congestive aca card failure; decompensated hypertension; severe comorbidity; contraindication for the use of electroacupuncture, such wounds.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified