NCT02537119

Massage Therapy on Hamstrings in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Effectiveness of a technique of dynamic massage therapy in the hamstrings in patients with nonspecific low back pain.

Detailed description

The main objective of this study is to test the effectiveness of a technique of dynamic massage therapy in the hamstrings in patients with nonspecific low back pain. Secondary objectives are assess whether the technique of dynamic massage therapy increases the extensibility of the hamstrings, assess whether the treatment of hamstrings decreases low back pain and determine whether the application of this technique decreases the disability associated with nonspecific low back pain.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Dynamic massage therapy	Dynamic massage therapy on hamstring combined with knee extension
PROCEDURE	Massage therapy	Rubbing on hamstrings

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-05-01
• Primary completion: 2015-08-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2015-09-01
• Last updated: 2016-01-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain