Massage Therapy on Hamstrings in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Procedure: Massage therapy; Procedure: Dynamic massage therapy

• Registration Number: NCT02537119
• Lead Sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University

Brief Summary

Effectiveness of a technique of dynamic massage therapy in the hamstrings in patients with nonspecific low back pain.

Detailed Description

The main objective of this study is to test the effectiveness of a technique of dynamic massage therapy in the hamstrings in patients with nonspecific low back pain. Secondary objectives are assess whether the technique of dynamic massage therapy increases the extensibility of the hamstrings, assess whether the treatment of hamstrings decreases low back pain and determine whether the application of this technique decreases the disability associated with nonspecific low back pain.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-05
• Study First Submitted: 2015-06-26
• Primary Completion: 2015-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-08-29
• Status Verified: 2015-09
• Study First Posted: 2015-09-01
• Study Completion: 2016-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-01-26
• Last Update Posted: 2016-01-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• 18-65 years old.
• Low back pain with over three months of evolution.
• Practice sports regularly (at least three times a week).

Exclusion Criteria

• Fractures, Tumors, congenital anomalies, rheumatic diseases, infectious or inflammatory processes.
• Pathology Nerve root
• Presence of neurological deficit or neuromuscular diseases.
• Surgery
• Physiotherapy treatment for low back pain in the last 30 days.
• Drugs in previous 24h

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Massage therapy	Massage therapy	Rubbing on hamstrings
Dynamic massage therapy	Dynamic massage therapy	Rubbing on hamstrings combined with articular movement

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hamstrings extensibility measured with sit-and-reach test	Two weeks	Fixing a meter stick on top of a solid box so that 26 cm of the ruler extend over the front edge of the box toward the test subject. Used to check the increase in hip flexion.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Low back disability measured with the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire	Two weeks. Participants will be followed for four weeks after completion of the intervention	Oswestry Disability Questionnaire is an important tool to measure functional low back disability. For each section the total possible score is 5: if the first statement is marked the section score = 0; if the last statement is marked, it = 5. If all 10 sections are completed the score is calculated as follows: Example: 16 (total scored) 50 (total possible score) x 100 = 32%
Low back pain measured with visual analog scale	Two weeks. Participants will be followed for four weeks after completion of the intervention	The subject indicates the intensity of pain by marking a 100-mm horizontal line with two extremes: no pain and worst imaginable pain. Used to check the decrease low back pain

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CEU Cardenal Herrera University; 🇪🇸 Moncada, Valencia, Spain