The Immediate Effect Of Shockwave Therapy On the Quadratus Lumborum (QL) Muscle Trigger Points vs Regular Back Exercises in Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- University of Sharjah
- Enrollment
- 78
- Primary Endpoint
- The Oswestry Disability Index
Study Overview
Brief Summary
the study aims to compare the effect of regular back exercises with shockwave therapy by treating male patients with non-specific low back pain between the age of (20-40). Who will be devided into 3 groups, and will be treated by shockwave therapy , exercises or both combined. After signing a consent form, patients will be assigned to the groups blindly, so the patients will not know if they are in the experimental or control group.
Hypothesis:
The hypothesis of this study states that:
o Research hypothesis: there will be a significant difference between the radial ESWT and back exercises in reducing LBP
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- Male
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Only male patients will be included.
- •Age 20-40 years old.
- •Non-specific LBP for at least 3 months.
- •At least one local tenderness or active trigger point in the anatomical region of the QL muscle.
- •Pain intensity on numerical pain scale should be more than 4
Exclusion Criteria
- •LBP due to a pathology or trauma.
- •Below 20 years of age.
- •Previous lumbar surgeries.
- •Malignancy.
- •Patients under medications or painkillers.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The Oswestry Disability Index
Time Frame: 45 minutes session
is an extremely important tool that researchers and disability evaluators use to measure a patient's permanent functional disability, scoring from 0 to 50, the lower score the better
Numerical pain scale
Time Frame: 45 minutes session
0-10 the lower the better
pressure-pain threshold
Time Frame: 45 hour session
Algometry device will be used to measure three thresholds' values: * Tenderness threshold. * Referred pain threshold. * Pain tolerance threshold.
Secondary Outcomes
- ROM of the back(45 minutes session)
Investigators
Maram Mohammed Taha Makki
physiotherapist / master student
University of Sharjah