Efficacy of Motor Control and Diathermy Treatment in Acute Low Back Pain

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Lumbar pain is considered one of the most frequent health problems faced by human populations on a global scale. This study will be carried out to evaluate the efficiency of motor control treatments combined with diathermy in patients diagnosed with acute lower back pain, focusing upon the potential for accelerated patient recuperation if both treatments are applied simultaneously and jointly.

Official Title
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Efficacy of Motor Control Treatment Combined With Resistive Capacitive Diathermy in Acute Low Back Pain

Conditions
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Low Back Pain

Intervention / Treatment
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* Device: microwave diathermy


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Acute low back pain (no more of 4 weeks) Spanish speaker Between 18-65 years Exclusion Criteria: Patients in whom diathermy is a contraindicated therapy Pacemaker Pregnant Not intact skin Thrombophlebitis Hypotension Anticoagulated patient or with local surgical intervention

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: direct application of microwave diathermy and motor control<br> | Device: microwave diathermy<br>* Application of microwave diathermy with Monopolar CapacitiveResistive Radiofrequency Therapy (INDIBA)<br>|
| Placebo Comparator: application of microwave diathermy without therapeutic effects<br> | Device: microwave diathermy<br>* Application of microwave diathermy with Monopolar CapacitiveResistive Radiofrequency Therapy (INDIBA)<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pain | An unpleasant sensation induced by noxious stimuli which are detected by nerve endings of nociceptive neurons. The measurement tool that will be used is Visual Analog Scale. This scale is a unidimensional measure of pain intensity. It has a continuous scale comprised of a horizontal line with an interval of 10 points, where 1 is the minimum intensity of pain the patient can endure and 10 is the maximum intensity of pain the patient can endure. | 4 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Disability | Determination of the degree of a physical patient´s handicap. The measurement tool that will be used is Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire. This questionnaire is used to establish physical disability degree of people with non specific acute low back pain. It has 24 questions the patient should point out to determinate his/her limitation for make normal activities. | 4 weeks | 
| Satisfaction | To evaluate the assessment of the satisfaction regarding the attention and quality of the services received and the degree of compliance with the patient's expectations about the treatment. The measurement tool that will be used is Client Satisfaction Questionnaire. This questionnaire is used to evaluate patient's satisfaction with the care and quality of the health services received. It has 8 items from 1 to 4 points (where 1 is the minimum satisfaction and 4 is the maximum satisfaction) to assess the satisfaction degree. | 4 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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capacitive resistive diathermy, motor control