Effectiveness of manual therapy to ankle joint compared to a local TENS treatmet in patients with low back pain after ankle sprai

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• Conditions: S93.40; M54.96

• Registration Number: DRKS00010458
• Lead Sponsor: Praxis

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2014-07-31
• Study Start: 2016-05-04
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

(a) 20 to 68 years of age; (b) low back pain intensity on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) should have been >3 within the last two months; (c) ankle sprain within the last 6 month

Exclusion Criteria

(a) suffered from systemic conditions, such as cancer, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis; (b) any neurological conditions; (c) any kind of acute or chronic disease; (d) surgery of the lower extremities in the past; (e) pregnancy; (f) cardiac pacemaker

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-reported pain by visual analoge scale (VAS) before first treatment and after last treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mobility in flexion of the lumbar spine, measured by Schober sign, before the first treatment and after last treatment.<br>Electromyography of the erector spinae muscles before the first treatment and after the last treatment.