Effects of compression on myofascial trigger points in patients with acute-subacute neck or low back pain: randomized controlled trials.

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Acute-subacute neck or low back pain

• Registration Number: JPRN-UMIN000005332
• Lead Sponsor: Department of Judo Neurophysiotherapy, Graduate school of medicine and pharmaceutical science, University of Toyama

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-03-28
• Study Completion: 2013-11-01
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete: follow-up complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

1) Patients with The past history of spinal surgery. 2) Patients with spinal fracture or dislocation. 3) Patients with neurological signs (positive straight leg raising test, Femoral nerve stretch test, Jackson test, Spurling test, muscle weakness, paresthesia, or abnormal reflexes). 4) Patients who need to take analgesic drugs. 5) Patients who suffer from systemic pain, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, tumor or infection in the spinal cord and intervertebral disc, and other diseases inducing the systemic pain. 6) Patient with neck or low back pain due to heart diseases. 7) Pregnant subjects. 8) The presence of malignant tumor, or the past history of the malignant tumor. 9) Patients with psychiatric disorders. 10) Patients with severe osteoporosis. 11) Patients who complain weight loss and fever of unknown cause. 12) Patients who received treatments such as massage, acupuncture, never block, etc, for their back pain at other hospitals or clinics within 1 month from the start of the study. 13) Patients with a history of whiplash injury due to traffic accidents. 14) Patients whom are recognized as inadequate subjects by the experimenters.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified