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Dry Needlig Vesus Tecartherapy in Low-back Pain Treatment

NCT05422040 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-04-28

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Summary

Introduction: Diathermy is a new tool that could help subjects with chronic low back pain (CLBP), with no studies having compared it to other interventions already investigated such as dry needling.

Hypothesis: Diathermy is more effective than dry needling in improving pain intensity in the short term in subjects with CLBP.

Design: randomised controlled trial Methods: We will conduct a convenience sampling, with subjects receiving 2 treatment sessions with diathermy or dry needling, according to allocation. Subjects will be assessed at baseline, 1 week, 1 month and 3 months after treatment for pain intensity, disability, kinesiophobia and catastrophizing. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and moderation analysis will be performed to evaluate the results, with 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Dry needling

Invasive treatment will be performed on the most symptomatic lumbar iliocostalis muscle.

OTHER

Tecartherapy treatment

Treatment will be carried out with deep thermotherapy in the lumbar region.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alcala

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Pecos-Martín, PhD · Alcala University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-06-20
Primary Completion
2026-09-01
Completion
2026-12-01

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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