None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
There are several treatment options for nonspecific low back pain. Recently there is a new option, the neuromuscular taping, on which there are few studies about its action and effectiveness. The neuromuscular taping is a bandaging alternative technique that has recently emerged as a viable option for treating athletic injuries. According to various theories, could improve a variety of physiological problems, including range of motion. The main objective is to analyze the effects that occur on lower trunk muscles, after application of neuromuscular tape, in patients with a history of nonspecific mechanical low back pain. Our hypothesis is that the application of neuromuscular taping, on the erector spinae muscles, increases the extensibility, lumbar ranges of motion and pain threshold to pressure of these muscles.
Interventions
Subjects will be randomly assigned to one of three study groups. The study groups are composed of two intervention groups (1 and 2) and one control group (3).
Intervention group (1):
"I-strip" neuromuscular taping will be applied on lower trunk muscles, from sacral base to twelfth thoracic vertebra.
Subjects will bend forward during the applicaton and both sides will be taped.
The tape will be applied with paper-off tension.
The tape will be applied just on one accasion and it will remain i
Subjects will be randomly assigned to one of three study groups. The study groups are composed of two intervention groups (1 and 2) and one control group (3). Intervention group (1): "I-strip" neuromuscular taping will be applied on lower trunk muscles, from sacral base to twelfth thoracic vertebra. Subjects will bend forward during the applicaton and both sides will be taped. The tape will be applied with paper-off tension. The tape will be applied just on one accasion and it will remain in place for 24 hours. Intervention group (2): "I-strip" neuromuscular taping will be applied on lower trunk muscles, from sacral base to twelfth thoracic vertebra. Subjects will bend forward during the applicaton and both sides will be taped. The paper-off tension tape will be applied with approximately 50% stretch. The tape will be applied just on one accasion and it will remain in place for 24 hours.
Sponsors
Olga Velasco
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients with a history of mechanical and nonspecific low back pain for more than 6 weeks before the study or with intermittent low back pain who have experienced at least 3 episodes of back pain, each lasting more than a week during the year preceding the study.
Exclusion criteria
Suffering acute low back pain at the time of the study. Suffering referred pain to the lower extremities. Have a history of spinal surgery, vertebral fracture, pelvis fracture or lower limb fracture. Have a history of hospitalization for severe trauma or traffic accident Suffering from arthritis or systemic diseases Patients with any skin condition that prevents the application of the bandage for the study. Pregnancy
Outcome results
None listed