Status:

RECRUITING

Effectiveness of Diaphragm Treatment in Reducing Low Back Pain

Lead Sponsor:

University of Seville

Conditions:

Low Back Pain, Mechanical

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-50 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Objective: Determine the benefits of including a Stretching technique of the anterior part of the diaphragm in the supine position in the conventional physiotherapy treatment protocol applied to insur...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient diagnosed with subacute or chronic mechanical low back pain by a specialist doctor and who has attended in "Fisioclinic" physiotherapy clinic.
  • Older than 18 years-old.
  • Indistinct sex.
  • Diaphragm dysfunction.

Exclusion

  • Any surgical intervention on the upper and lower limbs, head, spine, thorax or abdomen at any time in their lives, with a visible anatomy cause on imaging tests.
  • Any pathology of non-mechanical origin, such as inflammatory, infectious, tumorous, neurological, traumatic processes and bone diseases in the lumbar spine.
  • Having received analgesic or anti-inflammatory medical treatment for pain in a period of less than two weeks.
  • Pregnant women, including the breastfeeding period.
  • Patients receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
  • Basic systemic disease of rheumatic origin (for example, arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout and psoriasis).
  • Implanted electronic devices.
  • Drug or alcohol abuse, analgesic or sedative therapy and use of medications that affect the central nervous system (for example, antidepressants, anxiolytics and anticonvulsants).
  • Patients who have previous experience with manual treatment of the diaphragm.
  • Patients with high work activity.
  • Outside the age range for the study.
  • Refusal to participate in the study.
  • Refusal to complete and sign the informed consent.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 15 2023

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

November 1 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

68 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06069388

Start Date

September 15 2023

End Date

November 1 2024

Last Update

May 8 2024

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Juan Antonio Díaz-Mancha

Seville, Seville, Spain