Investigation of the immediate effect of abdominal muscle massage in non-acute back pain patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- non acute mechanical low back pain.due to intervertebral disc displacementM51.2
- Registration Number
- IRCT20230212057390N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 74
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with non-acute mechanical back pain
Disability level greater than 15% based on Oswestry modified questionnaire
Presence of pain during at least one physiological movement of the back
Exclusion Criteria
RED flag patients, including malignancy, infection, fracture
Patients who need surgery
Pregnant patients
Skin problems in patients5.
Patients who are prohibited from massaging the abdominal area for any reason, such as patients with a recent history of abdominal obstruction, radiotherapy, and recent abdominal surgery, inflammatory bowel disease, or irritable bowel syndrome.
Patients with acute back pain they cannot stand and perform tests.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain with the visual analog scale during back movements. Timepoint: Immediately before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Range of motion lumbar. Timepoint: Immediately before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: With two bubble inclinometer.