NCT02169726

A Pilot Study Non-Invasive Guidance for Therapeutic Ultrasound Treatment of Lower Back Muscle Injuries

A Pilot Study to Investigate Non-Invasive Metabolic Guidance for Improving Therapeutic Ultrasound Treatment of Lower Back Muscle Injuries

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 5 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Irvine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Back injuries are the most common reason people seeking for effective treatment. One of the most common treatments in sports medicine for muscular injuries is therapeutic ultrasound, which is designed to heat the injured tissue and increase the flow of blood to promote healing.

Detailed description

Researchers at Beckman Laser institute, using a technology developed at University of California, Irvine. The device call Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy, this device developed with harmless light that can measures and detect the change of blood flow, oxygen level, temperature and muscle tissue in lower back during therapeutic ultrasound therapy treatment. The researchers can provide information in real-time tissue change before, during, and after treatments that can determine the effectiveness of the treatment and speed up recovery time.

Conditions

• Injury; Muscle, Back, Lower

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy	Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy Imaging measure blood flow,oxygen, temperature in back muscle when they are treated with therapeutic ultrasound and can improve the treatment

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-12-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2014-06-23
• Last updated: 2022-11-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States