non-specific chronic low back pain. Other disorders of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with symptoms of chronic back pain who are between 20 and 60 years old Diagnosis of chronic back pain for at least 12 weeks Visual pain index 4-7 Patients with back pain who have no documentation of discopathy or disc herniation
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Contraindication of tecar therapy: neoplasm, regional infection, patients with cardiac pacemaker and pregnancy. Active vertebral fracture previous spine surgery Rheumatoid diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis infectious diseases Systemic diseases that affect pain perception, such as diabetes and... Local injection such as (local anesthesia, corticosteroid...) Taking medicines and doing physiotherapy in the last 4 weeks
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain. Timepoint: Before the intervention and two weeks after the intervention and 1 month after the end of the last session of the intervention. Method of measurement: visual analogue scale- -.;Functional disability. Timepoint: Before the intervention and two weeks after the intervention and 1 month after the end of the last session of the intervention. Method of measurement: Oswestry disability scale.;Electrical activity of erector spine muscles. Timepoint: Before the intervention and two weeks after the intervention and 1 month after the end of the last session of the intervention. Method of measurement: Electromyographic device. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Semnan University of Medical Sciences