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Study Comparing Cortical Function and Dysfunction Tests in Low Back Pain

NCT00924495 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2013-02-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the cortical regulation of the paraspinal muscles in chronic low back pain. These (possible) changes in regulatory mechanisms are being compared to other motor control tests in order to determine whether correlations are found. Furthermore the patients are being treated with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and tested afterwards. The purpose is to find out if rTMS-therapy is capable of normalizing motor control deficits.

Conditions

  • Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Interventions

DEVICE

transcranial magnetic stimulation

rTMS therapy daily for two weeks, five times per week each lasting for half an hour

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kuopio University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marja T Kilpiäinen, MD · Kuopio University Hospital

  • Markku Kankaanpää, MD,PhD · Tampere University Hospital

  • Olavi Airaksinen, MD, PhD · Kuopio University Hospital

  • Timo Miettinen, MD,PhD · Kuopio University Hospital

  • Eeva Leino, MD,PhD · Tampere University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2012-09-30
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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