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The Role of Balneotherapy in Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT05078008 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-06-25

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Summary

The effectiveness of balneotherapy in relieving chronic low back pain has been scientifically proven. This project aims to study in what extent a Balneotherapy program in São Pedro do Sul Thermal Baths influences chronic low back pain of individuals aged 65 and above, and in what order of magnitude it happens, on which domains (functional, psychological, biophysical and socioeconomic) and it's repercussions. For that, the investigators intended to carry out a project subdivided into two tasks. The first, and the most complex, with a holistic approach, will be carried out by a randomized controlled study (RCT) with focus on the various biopsychosocial domains of patients with chronic lumbar pain. Concerning the second task, another RCT will be carried out aiming for statistically significant changes in the lumbar thermographic maps before and after treatment, as well as the theoretical framework of all the findings.

Conditions

  • Chronic Low Back Pain
  • Older Adults
  • Health Resort Medicine
  • Quality of Life

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Physiotherapy modalities

parafango in the lumbar region 20min/day; High frequency Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), 100 Hz, 0,04-0,2mseg, 20 min/day; lumbar flexibility self-exercise plan

PROCEDURE

Balneotherapy modalities

Immersion in a thermal pool with 15 minutes of automatic hydromassage and 15 minutes of spine flexibility exercises; thermal steam treatment to spinal column; hydromassage bath with Vichy thermal water

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidade do Porto

    collaborator OTHER

  • Aveiro University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Termalistur - Termas de Sao Pedro do Sul, E.M., S.A.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nelson F Albuquerque · Medical Doctor

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-05-01
Primary Completion
2023-02-01
Completion
2023-09-10

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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