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Effect of Interferential l Therapy on Low Back Pain

NCT03961477 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2019-05-23

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Summary

Background: Chronic non-specific low back pain is defined as unknown mechanical musculoskeletal pain lasting more than 3 months. Electrotherapy is a non-pharmacologic, non-invasive and simple method back pain treatment that is mainly applied using interferential (IF) therapy. The current study was designed to investigate the effect of IF on pain, range of motion, and quality of life in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. Materials and methods: 61 patients suffered from chronic non-specific low back pain (CNLBP) were randomly assigned to IF group (n=30) and placebo IF (n=31). The entire patient received suggested exercise 3 times per week for 4 weeks. The outcome measures were visual analogue scale (VAS), lumbar range of motion (ROM) in terms of flexion\& extension and the Short Form-36 (SF-36) health questionnaire to evaluate the quality of life (QOL).

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Interferential therapy

Exercise therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ahlia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sayed A Tantawy, PhD · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-12-05
Primary Completion
2018-07-11
Completion
2018-09-23

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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