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Osteopathic Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT02983435 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2018-09-07

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Summary

The relevance of this study is to determine the efficacy of two osteopathic techniques - Thrust Technique and Muscle Energy Technique (MET) - in improving of neuromuscular component of the trunk and clinical symptoms in adult workers with Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP). Few studies have investigated and compared the physiological responses of these techniques quantitatively, and no published study has compared their effects in low back pain subjects in terms of symptoms, postural balance and muscle activation. The main outcomes will be computed by electromyography measurement so that to assess the trunk neuromuscular activation pattern as well as by force platform parameters for determining of postural control. Clinical symptoms such as pain intensity, perception of disability and fear and avoidance will also be computed.

This is the first study to compare these two osteopathic techniques using the main biological outcomes related to trunk neuromuscular function.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain
  • Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment

Interventions

OTHER

G1 - Thrust manipulation

Osteopathic manipulation with Thrust technique. The Group 1 (G1) will receive the Thrust technique applied at the level of dysfunction. Subject in lateral decubitus, with one lower limb extended and the other in flexion, to the level of the targeted vertebra; upper trunk rotated back until the same vertebra; at the end of the range of movement will be applied the high speed and low amplitude impulse (Thrust).

OTHER

G2 - Muscle Energy

Osteopathic manipulation with Muscle Energy technique. The Group 2 (G2) will receive the Muscle Energy technique applied at the level of dysfunction. Subject in lateral decubitus, with the upper and lower trunk flexed until the target vertebra, and upper trunk rotated back to the level of the same vertebra; lumbar in lateral flexion (using the subject's feet) until the target vertebra. Following the command the subject will perform an isometric contraction of 3-5 seconds against the therapist's hand (pushing the hand towards the floor), repeated 3 times.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidade Norte do Paraná

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rubens da Silva, PhD · Laboratory of Functional Assessment and Human Motor Performance (LAFUP)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-31
Primary Completion
2017-03-31
Completion
2017-04-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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