Dry Needling Versus Percutaneous Electrolysis in Lumbar Multifidus Muscles in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain.
- Conditions
- Chronic Low-back Pain
- Interventions
- Other: Dry needlingOther: Percutaneous electrolysis
- Registration Number
- NCT06505161
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Alcala
- Brief Summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the reduction of pain of two different treatments in patients with chronic low back pain. Patients were divided in two groups. The control group will receive DN treatment, and the experimental group will receive PE, both in the lumbar multifidus muscles.
- Detailed Description
Background: Low back pain is one of the most common health problems and a leading cause of disability and absence from work. Between 70% and 80% of adults will experience an episode of low back pain and approximately 10.0% of them will become chronic. This has a direct impact on the lumbar stabilizing muscles, giving rise to both structural and functional changes. Among the different treatment options, it has been observed that both dry needling (DN) and percutaneous electrolysis (PE) are effective techniques in the management of musculoskeletal pain.
Aim: To evaluate whether the reduction of pain after the application of PE is superior to the one obtained with DN.
Methods: A single-blind randomized clinical trial will be conducted in patients with chronic low back pain. The subjects will be divided into two groups. The control group will receive DN treatment, and the experimental group will receive PE, both in the lumbar multifidus muscles. The study variables will be: pain (VAS), disability index (Oswestry Scale), fear of movement (TSK-11SV) and quality of life (SF-12). The measurements will be assessed before, right after and 7 days after a single intervention.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- NOT_YET_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
- Low back pain ≥ 3 months.
- Age between 30 and 60 years old.
- Not being receiving other physical therapy
- Diagnosis of specific lumbar pathology.
- History of previous lumbar surgery.
- Treatment with corticosteroids, anti-inflammatory or antibiotic medication in recent weeks.
- Oncological processes, febrile symptoms or thrombophlebitis.
- Skin conditions.
- Belonephobia.
- Pacemaker.
- Pregnancy.
- Patients with neurological pathology
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Dry needling group Dry needling The dry needling group will recibe a dry needling treatment with the Hong technique. Percutaneous electrolysis group Percutaneous electrolysis The percutaneous electrolysis grupos will recibe a tratement of galvanic current at 1.5mA, with 3-5 impacts, for 3-5 seconds in the low back multifiud muscles.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity. Visual analogue scale. At baseline, at 1 week after the last intervention, and 6-month follow-up period A 10-point Numerical Pain Scale (0: no pain, 10: maximum pain) assesses the intensity of pain
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Disability. Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Idex At baseline, at 1 week after the last intervention, and 6-month follow-up period It has 10 items associated to activities of daily living, each item has a punctuation from 0 to 5 points
Quality of life. SF-12 Health questionnaire. At baseline, at 1 week after the last intervention, and 6-month follow-up period SF-12 Health questionnaire scores range from 0 to 100% and indicate the self-perceived health-related quality of life
Fear of Movement. Tampa Scale of kinesiophobia (TSK-11SV) At baseline, at 1 week after the last intervention, and 6-month follow-up period Is a 11-item questionnaire that measures the fear of movement and (re)injury.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Campus Científico-Tecnológico UAH. Av. de León, 3A
🇪🇸Alcalá De Henares, Madrid, Spain