NCT04760379

Focal Muscle Vibration on Flexibility and Perceived Stiffness in Patients With Mechanical Low Back Pain.

Completed NA Last updated 11 May 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Conventional therapy in Mechanical Low Back Pain in 44 participants. Completed in 30 December 2021.

Timeline

20 January 2021

Primary endpoint
30 November 2021

30 December 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Riphah International University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	44
Start date	20 January 2021
Primary completion	30 November 2021
Estimated completion	30 December 2021
Sites	1 location across Pakistan

Drugs / interventions tested

• Conventional therapy — full drug profile →
• vibration therapy

Conditions studied

• Mechanical Low Back Pain — all drugs for Mechanical Low Back Pain →

Sponsor

Riphah International University

Who can join

Adults 25 to 45, any sex, with Mechanical Low Back Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Low back pain that does not have any known specific pathology i.e.: tumor, any infection, fracture, osteoporosis, structural deformity, radicular syndrome, inflammatory disorder or cauda equine syndrome) is referred as non-specific low back pain.Over worldwide low back pain is a major public health challenge. Low back pain prevalence is shown to be 84% while 23% of chronic low back pain. Disability due to low back pain is about 11 to 12%. Low back pain is a leading cause of increasing economic burden in respect to huge medical expenses. Statistical analysis of indirect and direct expenses for the low back pain treatment in U.S shows over $100 billion per year.Many risk factors for low back pain has been identified including degeneration of lumbar discs, over weight/obesity, sedentary life style and mechanical factors i.e. occupational sitting, manual handling and assisting patients, awkward postures, lifting and carrying weights. Exercise therapy is suggested as an effective treatment in improving function of the back muscles and relieving pain in patients with Low back pain. Many studies suggested that muscle vibration is effective as the vibration signals are delivered via an external stimulator that is exposed to the part of the body resulting in pain relief and reducing muscle spasm. Vibratory stimuli have practical uses in rehabilitation and in exercise performance. Increasing reflexive activity through the stimulation of muscle spindles results in tonic vibratory reflex. The mechanical and electrical responses of the muscle could vary with the frequency of the vibration to the muscle. LMV effects are localized to the point where the stimulation is given and this is the result of neurogenic potentiation through the tonic vibratory reflex from the stimulation of muscle spindles. In our study we will work with 120hz frequency to improve the flexibility and perceived stiffness.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.