NCT01241071

Effects of Myofascial Release on Pain, Disability and Electromyography of Erector Spinae in Chronic Low Back Pain

Effects of a Myofascial Release Protocol on Pain, Disability and Activation Pattern of Erector Spinae in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 54 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether myofascial release techniques are effective in the improvement of pain, disability and electromyography response of lumbar muscles in patients with chronic low back pain.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain
• Disability
• Motor Activity
• Range of Motion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	myofascial treatment	myofascial release techniques of different muscles implicated in low back pain
OTHER	Placebo	A manual sham intervention will be applied to different muscles implicated in low back pain

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2013-03-01
• First posted: 2010-11-16
• Last updated: 2017-08-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain