Massage Therapy on Hamstrings in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Cardenal Herrera University20 enrolled

Overview

Effectiveness of a technique of dynamic massage therapy in the hamstrings in patients with nonspecific low back pain.

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Dynamic massage therapyPROCEDURE

Dynamic massage therapy on hamstring combined with knee extension

Massage therapyPROCEDURE

Rubbing on hamstrings

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

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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

Locations (1)

CEU Cardenal Herrera University

Moncada, Valencia, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Hamstrings extensibility measured with sit-and-reach test

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.

Time frame: Two weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Low back pain measured with visual analog scale

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

Time frame: Two weeks. Participants will be followed for four weeks after completion of the intervention

Low back disability measured with the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire

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%

Time frame: Two weeks. Participants will be followed for four weeks after completion of the intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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