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Clinical Electrophysiology Assessment for Low Back Pain

NCT03511404 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2019-04-16

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Summary

Non specific chronic low back pain (LBP) is a debilitating disorder characterized by tremendous personal and socioeconomic impact, with long-term sick leave, low quality of life, and very high financial costs. Evidence suggests that patients with non specific LBP presented with altered muscle activity pattern when compare with healthy people. It has been reviewed that exercise therapy was effective for modulation of muscle dysfunction in chronic low back pain. However, there is a lack of objective assessment of the pain relief in low back pain rehabilitation. Clinical application of surface electromyography (EMG) may provide a quantitative and objective tool to evaluate the rehabilitation outcome in patients with non specific chronic low back pain before and after treatment.

Objectives: To verify the usefulness of surface electromyography (EMG) in low back pain (LBP) rehabilitation assessment.

Setting: Out-patient physiotherapy musculoskeletal rehabilitation

Conditions

  • Non Specific Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

physiotherapy rehabilitation

All subjects will receive a course of conventional physiotherapy that incorporating components of pain relief and functional restoration with the use of electrotherapy and exercise therapy for twelve sessions twice weekly in six weeks guided by a registered physiotherapist in Hong Kong.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-10-01
Primary Completion
2018-12-31
Completion
2019-03-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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