Status:
COMPLETED
Comparison of the Clinical Effect on Common Low Back Pain of a Thermal Cure With Dry Rehabilitation
Lead Sponsor:
Tunis University
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Objective: To compare the benefits, with regard to low back pain (LBP) symptoms, of a thermal cure and a dry rehabilitation treatment. Methods: Randomized therapeutic trial including patients with LB...
Detailed Description
Low back pain (LBP) is a very common pathology affecting more than 80% of the population. The pain and the limitation of movements cause significant functional discomfort, resulting in some form of di...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with low back pain (LBP) evolving for more than 12 weeks.
- Visual analog scale (VAS) of pain greater than 30.
Exclusion
- Patients with a loss of autonomy or with impaired intellectual abilities
- Patients with contraindications to a thermal cure (infectious or progressive inflammatory pathologies, unbalanced blood hypertension, decompensated heart disease, respiratory failure, decompensated neurological or psychiatric illness, age greater than 75 years, pregnancy, purulent skin lesions).
- Patients having undergone an epidural infiltration (within 3 months) or spinal surgery (within 1 year)
- Patients who received physical rehabilitation or balneotherapy during the year preceding inclusion, and finally patients using stage 3 analgesics (World Health Organization classification).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 3 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 12 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
74 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06947863
Start Date
April 3 2017
End Date
April 12 2019
Last Update
April 27 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Mongi Slim Hospital
La Marsa, Sidi Daoued, Tunisia, 2046