Low Back Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
Effectiveness of a technique of dynamic massage therapy in the hamstrings in patients with nonspecific low back pain.
Detailed description
The main objective of this study is to test the effectiveness of a technique of dynamic massage therapy in the hamstrings in patients with nonspecific low back pain. Secondary objectives are assess whether the technique of dynamic massage therapy increases the extensibility of the hamstrings, assess whether the treatment of hamstrings decreases low back pain and determine whether the application of this technique decreases the disability associated with nonspecific low back pain.
Interventions
PROCEDUREDynamic massage therapy
Dynamic massage therapy on hamstring combined with knee extension
PROCEDUREMassage therapy
Rubbing on hamstrings
Sponsors
Cardenal Herrera University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 18-65 years old. * Low back pain with over three months of evolution. * Practice sports regularly (at least three times a week).
Exclusion criteria
* Fractures, Tumors, congenital anomalies, rheumatic diseases, infectious or inflammatory processes. * Pathology Nerve root * Presence of neurological deficit or neuromuscular diseases. * Surgery * Physiotherapy treatment for low back pain in the last 30 days. * Drugs in previous 24h
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hamstrings extensibility measured with sit-and-reach test | Two weeks | Fixing a meter stick on top of a solid box so that 26 cm of the ruler extend over the front edge of the box toward the test subject. Used to check the increase in hip flexion. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Low back pain measured with visual analog scale | Two weeks. Participants will be followed for four weeks after completion of the intervention | The subject indicates the intensity of pain by marking a 100-mm horizontal line with two extremes: no pain and worst imaginable pain. Used to check the decrease low back pain |
| Low back disability measured with the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire | Two weeks. Participants will be followed for four weeks after completion of the intervention | Oswestry Disability Questionnaire is an important tool to measure functional low back disability. For each section the total possible score is 5: if the first statement is marked the section score = 0; if the last statement is marked, it = 5. If all 10 sections are completed the score is calculated as follows: Example: 16 (total scored) 50 (total possible score) x 100 = 32% |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed