Recovery of muscle size and pain improvement in patients with a chronic low back pai
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Chronic low back pain.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20201119049444N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 24
Inclusion Criteria
Female chronic low back pain patients with a pain intensity above 3 score when using Visual Analog Scale
Exclusion Criteria
patients with a history of sacroiliac dysfunction, invasive surgical operations with alteration of the normal anatomy of the patient (e.g., implant)major surgeries on abdomen, pelvis, and lower extremity, respiratory diseases, neurological disorders, pelvic fracture and dislocation, scoliosis and structural deformities of spine, spine surgery, malignancies, rheumatic diseases, or other systemic diseases, acute back trauma, spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis, and pregnancy or caesarian section in the last two months were excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Thickness of the lumbar multifidus muscle, pain intensity, and disability index. Timepoint: 8 weeks with 3 sessions each (24 sessions). Method of measurement: An ultrasound device is used for muscle thickness measurements, a linear scale is used for marking the pain intensity by patients (Visual Analog Scale), and finally a questionnaire is used to record the disability index (Oswestry).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method