The Effect of Electroacupuncture in Non specific Low Back Pain Patients with Gluteus Maximus Trigger Points
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- on specific chronic low back pain with trigger point in gluteus Maximus muscle.Low back pain
- Registration Number
- IRCT20150602022539N9
- Lead Sponsor
- Semnan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with non specific chronic low back pain at least three months from the onset of their pain
Gluteus Maximus trigger points
2_4 trigger points
Visual analogues scale of pain 1_4
Score of functional disability questionnaire 1_15
Exclusion Criteria
Diabetes
Fear from needle
Needle sensitivity
Pregnancy
Systemic, infectious and inflammatory disease of vertebral column
A??cute and sub acute low back pain
Disc herniation
Tumor
Osteomyelitis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Vertebral fracture
Scoliosis
Taking anticoagulants
Depression
Fibromyalgia
Spinal cord stenosis
Hip joint surgery
Osteoporosis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The size of gluteus Maximus muscle. Timepoint: First session of treatment, The last session of treatment and Two weeks after the last meeting. Method of measurement: Ultrasonographic apparatus.;Pain. Timepoint: First session of treatment, The last session of treatment and Two weeks after the last meeting. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale.;Functional disability. Timepoint: First session of treatment, The last session of treatment and Two weeks after the last meeting. Method of measurement: Oswestry disability index questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method