Trigger Point Incidence After Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery

Completed

• Conditions: Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial

• Registration Number: NCT04136197
• Lead Sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa (IUC)

Brief Summary

Our purpose is to determine the incidence of trigger points in patients who remain in a fixed position for a long time during lumbar disc herniation surgery.

Detailed Description

The 110 participants between 30-70 years are chosen from patients who had lumbar disc herniation surgery. The trigger points are determined by manually palpating quadratus lumborum, iliocostalis lumborum, gluteus Maximus, gluteus minimus, gluteus medius, ve piriformis muscles before and after surgery. Data will be recorded on the patient assessment file and transferred to the computer and analyzed. Data analysis will be performed with SPSS.20.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-10-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-10-21
• Study First Posted: 2019-10-23
• Study Start: 2020-07-18
• Primary Completion: 2021-02-01
• Study Completion: 2021-07-01
• Status Verified: 2021-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-08-24
• Last Update Posted: 2021-08-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 110

Inclusion Criteria

• To be between 30-70 years
• To have low back pain during minimum 6 weeks
• To be voluntary participation for this study
• To approve the informed consent form
• To have the trigger point causing low back pain on muscles including quadratus lumborum, iliocostalis lumborum, gluteus maximus, gluteus minimus, gluteus medius, ve piriformis muscles.

Exclusion Criteria

• To be diagnosed with spinal stenosis or spondylolisthesis
• To have any skin problem affecting lower extremity evaluation
• To have tumor on spinal region
• To have rheumatological or any systemic problem that may interfere with trigger point diagnose

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Manual Palpation	Change from baseline (preoperative state) to postoperative first and third day	The patients are positioned in a sitting and prone lying posture.Trigger points are discrete, local, hypersensitive spots located in a taut band of muscles. Palpation of the trigger point will cause elicitation pain over the affected area and radiation of pain toward a zone of reference and a local twitch response.
Visual Analog Scale	Change from baseline (preoperative state) to postoperative first and third day	Pain will be assessed with Visual Analog Scale (VAS).The VAS is usually a horizontal line, 10 cm in length, anchored by word descriptors at each end with "No Pain" (score of zero) on the left side up to "pain as bad as it could be" or the "worst imaginable pain" (Score of 100 \[100-mm scale\]) on the right side.The patient was asked to mark the line point that represented his or her current pain.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa; 🇹🇷 İstanbul, Turkey