NCT02520648

Immediate Changes After Manual Therapy in Patients With Non-specific Back Pain

Immediate Changes After Manual Therapy Techniques in Patients With Persistent Non-specific Back Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 125 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Valencia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to investigate the immediate effects of neuro-lymphatic treatment, thoracic vertebral and costal articulatory in terms of back pain levels, cervical and dorsal flexibility, sense of body comfort and satisfaction with the treatment received.

Detailed description

Subjects: The study was conducted at the Faculty of Physiotherapy of the University of Valencia (Spain). Persistent non-specific back pain subjects between 20 and 30 years old were recruited and voluntarily participated in the study. Excluded subjects with musculoskeletal injuries such as spine or balance disorders, those which were recovering from an injury of the locomotor or neurological system, or those who had sequelae from any trauma suffered in the past six months that could affect the results of the study. Study design: The conducted study was an experimental, longitudinal and prospective, controlled, randomized and single-blind design (subjects and therapists didn't know the objectives of the treatment nor how many treatments were offered, evaluators were unaware of the treatments applied). There were 3 groups: a) neuro-lymphatic treatment; b) vertebral articulatory treatment; c) proximal costal articulatory treatment.

Conditions

• Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Neuro-lymphatic treatment	The physical therapist applied direct firm rotary pressure, via thumb or tip finger, for 1 minute, from the transverse processes of T1 to the transverse processes of T12. To finish the intervention, hands were placed on the skull and sacrum during 2 minutes without movement.
OTHER	Articulatory spinal manual therapy	Then the therapist performs pressures in the transverse apophysis from D1 to D12 (level of the paravertebral muscles, at a distance of 2 fingers of the spinous apophysis), applying sustained pressure during expiratory time until the articulatory barrier is reached.
OTHER	Articulatory costal Manual therapy	The therapist performs costal-vertebral articulatory movement, from 1st to 12th rib (level of the outside paravertebral muscles, at a distance of 4 fingers from the spinous apophysis on the back of the costal body) applying a sustained pressure during expiratory time and promoting its biomechanics, up to the articulatory barrier.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-07-01
• Primary completion: 2016-03-01
• Completion: 2016-04-01
• First posted: 2015-08-13
• Last updated: 2016-05-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain