Extra corporeal shock wave therapy for chronic Low back pain

The effects of Extra corporeal shock wave therapy on pain and disability of chronic low back paining patients

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20191021045171N1

Enrollment

Registered

2019-12-04

Start date

2017-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-12-17

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Conditions

Chronic low back pain and disability.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Patients in this group are treated with medicine, exercise and shock wave therapy. Shock wave therapy sessions are four (weekly) and in each session patients are re

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Low back pain for more than 12 weeks and no treatment in the last month, 2.Patients have never had lumbar surgery, 3.Do not have mental or cognitive illness, 4.Don't be pregnant, 5.No structural spine diseases, 6.No current fracture or history of vertebral fracture, 7.Absence of spinal cord tumor, 8.Absence of vertebral or intervertebral disc infections, 9.Absence of inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, 10.Absence of nerve symptoms caused by intervertebral disc herniation and 11.Do not have a coagulation disorder.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Chronic lower back pain. Timepoint: Before and after treatment. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMitra Ramezany

Esfahan University of Medical Sciences

mitra.ramezany@gmail.com+98 31 3668 0048

Outcome results

None listed

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