Low back pain
Conditions
Interventions
36 volunteers will be recruited.
All volunteers will receive 3 different treatments:
1-photobiomodulation placebo (0 Joule-control)
2-photobiomodulation 50 Joules
3-photobiomodulation 500 Joules
Each treatment will be applied randomly and at intervals of 45 days between each over the lumbar region (immediately next to the L2 vertebra) bilaterally.
Device
E02.774
Sponsors
Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Eligibility
Age
20 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: It will be included volunteers of both genders; adults; aged between 20 and 65 years; body mass index (BMI) between 20 and 34.9 km/m2, who are eutrophic subjects; pre-obese or with moderate obesity (degree I). Volunteers should report complaints of low back pain for a period equal or greater than 3 months, with the same intensity, irradiated or not for their lower limbs.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: It will be excluded volunteers who present lumbar cancer; coagulation disorders; infection; neurological deficits; and volunteers who use anti-inflammatory; and / or analgesic drugs during the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mean difference on low back pain at least of 10 mm determined by visual analogue scale (VAS) of 100 mm after treatment with phototherapy | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase of at least 1 cm in the flexibility of the lumbar region in the test of sit and reach measured in centimeters in Wells bench after treatment with phototherapy;Decrease of at least 20% of the severity range of functional disability measured by the Oswestry Index of disability after treatment with phototherapy;Decrease of positive responses (yes) by 10% in the Roland Morris functional disability questionnaire after treatment with phototherapy | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactCleber Ferraresi
Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Outcome results
None listed