Effectiveness of manual therapy to ankle joint compared to a local TENS treatmet in patients with low back pain after ankle sprain

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00010458

Enrollment

Registered

2016-05-04

Start date

2014-03-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

M54.96 S93.40

Interventions

Group 1: Manual therapy of ankle joint, 3x within 2 weeks a 30 min Group 2: Electrotherapy (TENS, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) of the lumbar region, 3x within 2 weeks a 30 min

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

20 Years to 68 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (a) 20 to 68 years of age; (b) low back pain intensity on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) should have been >3 within the last two months; (c) ankle sprain within the last 6 month

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (a) suffered from systemic conditions, such as cancer, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis; (b) any neurological conditions; (c) any kind of acute or chronic disease; (d) surgery of the lower extremities in the past; (e) pregnancy; (f) cardiac pacemaker

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Self-reported pain by visual analoge scale (VAS) before first treatment and after last treatment	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Mobility in flexion of the lumbar spine, measured by Schober sign, before the first treatment and after last treatment. Electromyography of the erector spinae muscles before the first treatment and after the last treatment.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactTobias Schmidt

Universität Hamburg Fakultät für Psychologie und BewegungswissenschaftInstitut für BewegungswissenschaftArbeitsbereich Sport- und Bewegungsmedizin

tobias.schmidt@uni-hamburg.de040428389146

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026