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Underwater Jet Massage Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT04485182 · Status: TERMINATED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2023-03-31

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Summary

Underwater massage is the more modern variety of massages otherwise known as tangentor, where the temperature of the water of the treatment tub and the mechanical effect of the water jet is utilised. It is typical of chronic low back pain that, after the first painful episode, is repeated at 44-78% of patients.

Our goals are the followings:

1. Is the beneficial effect of a Underwater massage therapy addition to a complex physiotherapy comparable to a control group with respect to clinical parameters?
2. How much does the quality of life change in an initial state and how much is it in comparison with the control group?

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Underwater jet massage (Tangentor)

Underwater jet massage (Tangentor) would be performed in a tub developed for this purpose, where the water temperature: 33-35 ° C. The treatments lasting from 15 atm and 15 cm for 15 minutes. They take a minimum of 10 treatments for approx. under 2 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Budapest

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-01
Primary Completion
2023-03-28
Completion
2023-03-28

Countries

  • Hungary

Study Locations

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