NCT00924495

Study Comparing Cortical Function and Dysfunction Tests in Low Back Pain

Regulatory Central Mechanisms in Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain With Lumbar Dysfunction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kuopio University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 25 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the cortical regulation of the paraspinal muscles in chronic low back pain. These (possible) changes in regulatory mechanisms are being compared to other motor control tests in order to determine whether correlations are found. Furthermore the patients are being treated with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and tested afterwards. The purpose is to find out if rTMS-therapy is capable of normalizing motor control deficits.

Conditions

• Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	transcranial magnetic stimulation	rTMS therapy daily for two weeks, five times per week each lasting for half an hour

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-06-01
• Primary completion: 2012-09-01
• Completion: 2012-09-01
• First posted: 2009-06-19
• Last updated: 2013-02-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland