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The Evaluation of adding tecar therapy effect on routine physiotherapy treatments compared to placebo tecar and routine physiotherapy treatments on pain, disability and electrical activity of erector spine muscles in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain

The Evaluation of adding tecar therapy effect on routine physiotherapy treatments compared to placebo tecar and routine physiotherapy treatments on pain, disability and electrical activity of erector spine muscles in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20221101056358N1
Enrollment
32
Registered
2022-11-21
Start date
2022-12-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-02-07

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Conditions

non-specific chronic low back pain. Other disorders of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Interventions

Intervention 1: The patients in the treatment group are treated for 5 sessions a week and a total of 10 sessions. 10 minutes of capacitive Tecar and 10 minutes of resistance Tecar are used. The freque

Sponsors

Semnan University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 60 Years

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

MeasureTime 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

Public ContactMorteza Heydari Nasir

Semnan University of Medical Sciences

m.heydarinasir@gmail.com+98 81 3311 7923

Outcome results

None listed

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