Clinical trial NCT02537119: Massage Therapy on Hamstrings in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain
Official title: Massage Therapy on Hamstrings in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Low Back Pain
Lead sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-09-01
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Effectiveness of a technique of dynamic massage therapy in the hamstrings in patients with nonspecific low back pain.

Detailed description: The main objective of this study is to test the effectiveness of a technique of dynamic massage therapy in the hamstrings in patients with nonspecific low back pain. Secondary objectives are assess whether the technique of dynamic massage therapy increases the extensibility of the hamstrings, assess whether the treatment of hamstrings decreases low back pain and determine whether the application of this technique decreases the disability associated with nonspecific low back pain.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18-65 years old.
* Low back pain with over three months of evolution.
* Practice sports regularly (at least three times a week).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Fractures, Tumors, congenital anomalies, rheumatic diseases, infectious or inflammatory processes.
* Pathology Nerve root
* Presence of neurological deficit or neuromuscular diseases.
* Surgery
* Physiotherapy treatment for low back pain in the last 30 days.
* Drugs in previous 24h

Primary outcomes:
measure: Hamstrings extensibility measured with sit-and-reach test
timeFrame: Two weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Low back pain measured with visual analog scale
timeFrame: Two weeks. Participants will be followed for four weeks after completion of the intervention
measure: Low back disability measured with the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire
timeFrame: Two weeks. Participants will be followed for four weeks after completion of the intervention
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Moncada
country: Spain
facility: CEU Cardenal Herrera University
state: Valencia
Study officials:
affiliation: Cardenal Herrera University
name: FJavier Montañez-Aguilera, Doctor
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Pecos-Martin D, Montanez-Aguilera FJ, Gallego-Izquierdo T, Urraca-Gesto A, Gomez-Conesa A, Romero-Franco N, Plaza-Manzano G. Effectiveness of dry needling on the lower trapezius in patients with mechanical neck pain: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015 May;96(5):775-81. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.12.016. Epub 2015 Jan 9.
citation: Montanez-Aguilera FJ, Valtuena-Gimeno N, Pecos-Martin D, Arnau-Masanet R, Barrios-Pitarque C, Bosch-Morell F. Changes in a patient with neck pain after application of ischemic compression as a trigger point therapy. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2010;23(2):101-4. doi: 10.3233/BMR-2010-0255.
citation: Aguilera FJ, Martin DP, Masanet RA, Botella AC, Soler LB, Morell FB. Immediate effect of ultrasound and ischemic compression techniques for the treatment of trapezius latent myofascial trigger points in healthy subjects: a randomized controlled study. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Sep;32(7):515-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.08.001.