Practical measurement of changes in leg length discrepancy after a myofascial release in patients with acute low pack pain. A pilot study.

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• Conditions: M54.5; Low back pain

• Registration Number: DRKS00025200
• Lead Sponsor: Praxis für Osteopathie

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2018-11-15
• Study Start: 2021-05-04
• Results First Posted: 2022-09-12
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 12

Inclusion Criteria

Acute or subacute lumbar back pain lasting less than 13 weeks.
- Minimum score of 20 on the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire in the German version (ODQ-D)
- existing fBLD of more than 3 mm
- female or male subjects aged 18 to 50 years
- subjects must be able to lie on their stomach for 15 minutes without pain
- Voluntary participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria

- General contraindications to physiotherapeutic and osteopathic treatments of the lumbar spine and pelvis.
- Taking medication that affects blood clotting
- Skin changes (e.g. neurodermatitis, psoriasis, urticaria, decubitus ulcers)
- Scars in the lumbar region between Th12 and L4
- Rheumatic diseases
- Scoliotic changes in the lumbar spine
- lack of consent of the test person to the intervention

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility of an RCT. Manageability of the measurement methods in practice. Manageability of the MFR technique within a study arm.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
eg length difference (laser plumb bob), pain (visual analogue scale), finger-to-floor distance