Does The Application of Interferential Current Therapy with Vacuum Electrodes Provide Additional Effect in Patients with Nonspecific Chronic Low Back Pain? A Randomized Controlled Study
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- Conditions
- ow back pain (Pain between 12th rib and gluteal fold)- nonspesific origin.Low back pain
- Registration Number
- IRCT20180108038268N3
- Lead Sponsor
- Ahi Evran University Faculty of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
To be more than 18 years old
Seeking treatment for chronic low back pain
Exclusion Criteria
cognitive dysfunction
neurological deficits
an extruded and/or sequestrated lumbar disc herniation
spinal fusion
pregnancy
malignancy
spinal compression fracture
spondylolisthesis
severe peripheral neuropathy
an aortic aneurysm
vertebral infection
rheumatological disease
vertebral column surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity. Timepoint: pretreatment, one week and twelve weeks after the treatment. Method of measurement: The VAS pain assessment scale was used for subjective assessment of the pain.;Disability. Timepoint: pretreatment, one week and twelve weeks after the treatment. Method of measurement: The Oswestry questionnaire (The Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire, Oswestry Disability Index ) was used to evaluate the functional ability of patients.;Quality of life. Timepoint: pretreatment and twelve weeks after the treatment. Method of measurement: Short Form 36 (SF-36) was used to assess quality of life of the patients.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method