Physiotherapy Specialty, Low Back Pain
Conditions
Keywords
dry needling, low back pain, physiotherapy specialty, pain
Brief summary
Low back pain affects many people and involves high medical costs. For this reason, we wish to test the efficacy of dry needling VS ischaemic compression in patients with non-specific low back pain. To this end, an investigation was carried out on 40 patients diagnosed with this ailment, divided into two groups by randomisation to assess the intensity of pain, range of movement, pain threshold to pressure and quality of life, measuring these variables prior to the intervention, immediately, at 48 hours and one week after the intervention.
Interventions
DEVICEdry needling
Dry needling of the trigger point of the gluteus medius in patients diagnosed with non-specific low back pain.
PROCEDUREischemic compression
Ischaemic trigger point compression of the gluteus medius in patients diagnosed with non-specific low back pain.
Sponsors
Universidad Católica de Ávila
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Signed informed consent form. * Presence of non-specific low back pain for more than six weeks. * Presence of a palpable tight band nodule in the gluteus medius muscle. * Presence of a hypersensitive or hyperirritable point in the tight band. * Patients reporting local or referred pain in the area of the latent MGP after mechanical stimulation mechanical stimulation.
Exclusion criteria
* Surgeries in the lumbopelvic region. * Diagnosis of herniated discs in the lumbar region. * Positive cognitive screening according to the Pfeiffer questionnaire. * Heterometrics. * Age outside the range of 18 to 75 years. * Ingested or injected anticoagulant or antiplatelet drugs. * Systemic or local infection in the lumbar region. * Pregnancy. * Presence of fear of needles (belonephobia).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain | 1 week | Visual Scale Analogue (0 minimum, 10 maximum). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| movement | 1 week | Schober test (0 minimum, 45 maximun). |
| quality of life | 1 week | Oswestry low back pain disability scale (0 minimum, 100% maximum; Between 0-20% minimal limitation or disability, 21-40% moderate limitation or disability, 41- 60% severe limitation or disability, 61-80% disabled and above 81% limitation or disability. 60% severe limitation or disability, 61-80% disabled and above 81% maximum functional limitation or disability, 61-80% disabled and above 81% maximum functional limitation or disability. maximum functional limitation). |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed