Low Back Pain
Conditions
Keywords
capacitive resistive diathermy, motor control
Brief summary
Lumbar pain is considered one of the most frequent health problems faced by human populations on a global scale. This study will be carried out to evaluate the efficiency of motor control treatments combined with diathermy in patients diagnosed with acute lower back pain, focusing upon the potential for accelerated patient recuperation if both treatments are applied simultaneously and jointly.
Interventions
DEVICEmicrowave diathermy
Application of microwave diathermy with Monopolar CapacitiveResistive Radiofrequency Therapy (INDIBA)
Sponsors
University of Alcala
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Acute low back pain (no more of 4 weeks) * Spanish speaker * Between 18-65 years
Exclusion criteria
* Patients in whom diathermy is a contraindicated therapy * Pacemaker * Pregnant * Not intact skin * Thrombophlebitis * Hypotension * Anticoagulated patient or with local surgical intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain | 4 weeks | An unpleasant sensation induced by noxious stimuli which are detected by nerve endings of nociceptive neurons. The measurement tool that will be used is Visual Analog Scale. This scale is a unidimensional measure of pain intensity. It has a continuous scale comprised of a horizontal line with an interval of 10 points, where 1 is the minimum intensity of pain the patient can endure and 10 is the maximum intensity of pain the patient can endure. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Disability | 4 weeks | Determination of the degree of a physical patient´s handicap. The measurement tool that will be used is Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire. This questionnaire is used to establish physical disability degree of people with non specific acute low back pain. It has 24 questions the patient should point out to determinate his/her limitation for make normal activities. |
| Satisfaction | 4 weeks | To evaluate the assessment of the satisfaction regarding the attention and quality of the services received and the degree of compliance with the patient's expectations about the treatment. The measurement tool that will be used is Client Satisfaction Questionnaire. This questionnaire is used to evaluate patient's satisfaction with the care and quality of the health services received. It has 8 items from 1 to 4 points (where 1 is the minimum satisfaction and 4 is the maximum satisfaction) to assess the satisfaction degree. |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed