MedTrace Logo

Efficacy of the Mckenzie Method in Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain

NCT02123394 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 148

Last updated 2016-06-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of the McKenzie method in patients with chronic non-specific low back.

Conditions

  • Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Placebo

The patients allocated to the Placebo group will be treated with detuned pulsed ultrasound therapy for 5 minutes and detuned short wave diathermy in pulsed mode for 25 minutes. Patients will receive 10 sessions of treatment over a period of five weeks (two sessions/week).

OTHER

McKenzie method

The patients of the McKenzie group will be treated according to the principles of the method and the choice of therapeutic intervention will be guided by the physical examination findings and classification. Patients will also receive written instructions from the Treat Your Own Back book and will be asked to perform home exercises based on the principles of McKenzie method. The description of the exercises that will be prescribed in this study are already published elsewhere. Compliance with home exercises will be monitored by means of a daily-log that the patient will fill in at home and bring to the therapist at each subsequent session. Patients will receive 10 sessions of treatment over a period of five weeks (two sessions/week).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leonardo OP Costa, PhD · Universidade Cidade de São Paulo

  • Luciola CM Costa, PhD · Universidade Cidade de São Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-05-31
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT02123394 on ClinicalTrials.gov