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Ultrasound Imaging Measurements of the Thoracolumbar Fascia

NCT04716101 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2025-02-25

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Summary

In this prospective study, eligible subjects with chronic non specific low back pain and asymptomatic volunteers will undergo a research dynamic ultrasound exam of the lower back before and after a massage technique.

The overall aim of the present research is to develop ultrasonographic parameters that characterize the geometrical, the mechanical and tissue characteristic properties of the thoracolumbar fascia, and to explore the effect of a massage therapy technique on these parameters.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Massage therapy technique

The massage therapy technique consists of manual deep and slow compression and shearing forces applied on the lumbar spine muscles and thoracolumbar fascia in a distal to proximal direction.

OTHER

Sham massage technique

For the sham massage technique the massage therapist will put the right palm at the participant's right lower back along erector spinae and likewise left palm at left lower back without applying force, holding the palm during 2 minutes and half.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nathalie J Bureau, MD MSc · Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-02-26
Primary Completion
2022-06-22
Completion
2022-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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