Impact of Electromagnetic Field Therapy on Pain Severity and Functional Disability in Patients With Mechanical Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- pain intensity
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to investigate the impact of electromagnetic field therapy on pain severity and functional disability in mechanical back pain patients suffering from myofascial trigger points.
详细描述
Lower back pain, or LBP, is a major global health issue that affects functioning, social participation, and personal financial prosperity on a variety of biophysical, psychological, and social levels. In today's industrial society, it impacts roughly 50-80% of people who are of working age. Mechanical back pain patients suffer from myofascial trigger points (MTrPs), which are classified as either active or latent. Activated MTrPs cause either sudden onset of pain or in response to movement, stretching, or compression. Latent MTrPs are typically symptom-free, but when squeezed, they can re-create pain or irritation. Muscle weakness and limited ROM are other common signs of mechanical back pain, along with local as well as referred pain that affect patients functional activities.
Recently, there has been a focus on non-pharmacotherapy for low back pain. One of them is electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF) which uses electromagnetic field pulses to stimulate tissue healing without causing heat damage to the tissue. The FDA has given electromagnetic field therapy devices approval for treating post-operative pain, swelling, and osteoarthritis. Furthermore, PEMF devices are frequently used to treat bone fractures, inflammation, arthritis, pain, swelling, and chronic wounds.
Thus, the purpose of this study is to ascertain how electromagnetic field therapy affects the degree of pain and functional impairment in mechanical back pain patients suffering from myofascial trigger points.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
random generator
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 40 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •The patients age from 20 to 40 years for both genders.
- •Patients (office worker) with mechanical back pain for 3 months ago and has not been diagnose as a specific disease or spinal abnormality.
- •Patients suffering from active MTrPS in lower back muscles.
- •The study patients must be willing to participate in the study.
排除标准
- •Neurological, systemic illness and infectious diseases such as rheumatologic diseases, tumor.
- •Psychiatric/mental deficit.
- •Patients who had a previous surgical history (within 6 months) were also excluded prior to the baseline assessment.
- •Vertebral compression fracture
- •Pregnancy and lactation.
- •Existing lower limb symptoms.
- •Cardiopulmonary disorders with reduced activity tolerance. -
研究组 & 干预措施
Pulsed electromagnetic field
the patients will receive pulsed electromagnetic field plus traditional physical therapy program three times a week for four weeks
干预措施: Pulsed electromagnetic field (Radiation)
Pulsed electromagnetic field
the patients will receive pulsed electromagnetic field plus traditional physical therapy program three times a week for four weeks
干预措施: traditional physical therapy program (Other)
traditional physical therapy program
the patients will receive traditional physical therapy program three times a week for four week
干预措施: traditional physical therapy program (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
pain intensity
时间窗: up to four weeks
A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) will be used by the patient to mark his or her level of pain, usually 10 cm long, ranging from no pain or discomfort (zero) to the worst pain that the patient can possibly feel.
次要结局
- lumbar flexion and extension assessment(up to four weeks)
- functional disability(up to four weeks)
- lumbar lateral flexion assessment(up to four weeks)
研究者
Doaa Ayoub Elimy Mohammed
Lecturer of physical therapy for basic science department., faculty of physical Therapy
Cairo University