NCT03738748

Effectiveness of Ecoguided Percutaneous Neuromodulation of the Multipurpose Musculature of L-3 in Non-specific Chronic Lumbar Pain.

Effectiveness of the Ecoguided Percutaneous Neuromodulation of the Multipurpose Musculature of L-3 in Non-specific Chronic Lumbar Pain.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Almeria · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study evaluates the effectiveness of Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Neuromodulation in the lumbar multifidus of L3 in non-specific chronic low back pain.

Detailed description

The effectiveness of neuromoduation in analgesic therapies has been more than contrasted. Considering that multifidus muscles, composed of the spinous transverse rotators muscles and spinous transverse multifidus muscles, are fundamental both for the static and for the dynamics of the lumbar spine, particularly for the region of L-3, the treatment of this musculature with ultrasound-guided percutaneous neuromodulation in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain must have an analgesic repercussion in this nociceptive process. Therefore, given that neuromodulation has been considered as a more than effective treatment in painful symptomatology and that diverse scientific literature has proven the activity of the multifida musculature directly affects the stability and mobility of the lumbar spine, it is more than likely interventions with neuromodulative treatments in the multifidus musculature at the level of the third lumbar vertebrae have positive results in Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Ultrasound- guided Percutaneous Neuromulation	The experimental group will be treated with percutaneous neuromodulation using a needle with Physio Invasive® device, in its modality of percutaneous electrostimulation for 15 minutes, and guided by ultrasound equipment in the multifidus muscles of L-3, once a week for 4 weeks.
OTHER	TENS Therapy	The control group will apply a transcutaneous treatment with surface electrodes with TENS current at 170 Hz for 15 minutes in the L-3 region, once a week for 4 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-09-20
• Primary completion: 2025-01-31
• Completion: 2025-05-20
• First posted: 2018-11-13
• Last updated: 2025-05-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain