NCT03794830

The Influence of the Manipulation of the Sacroiliac Joint on Low Back Pain

The Influence of the Manipulation of the Sacroiliac Joint on Low Back Pain With or Without Radiation to Lower Limbs

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 151 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Extremadura · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The primary focus of this study is to know the influence of sacroiliac joint manipulation on low back pain with or without radiation to lower limbs, in the lumbopelvic-hip joint

Detailed description

One of the main problems faced by physiotherapists in primary care is low back pain with or without radiation to lower limbs. Nowadays, there are a lot of types of low back pain interventions, yet despite the vast amount of research findings, the evidence remains contradictory and inconclusive: Pharmacological treatments like NSAIDs have shown result in acute low back pain but not in chronic pain; conservative interventions (ultrasound, interferential currents, mechanical traction and massage) have been studied and found ineffective. A total of 151 low back pain patients with or without radiation to lower limbs between 18-70 years old derived from the Physiotherapy Unit of Gévora Health Center (Badajoz, Spain) voluntarily entered the study

Conditions

• Low Back Pain
• Sacroiliac Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	manipulation group (MG)	Patients were treated with sacroiliac joint osteopathic semidirect manipulation twice a week every 3 to 4 days over a period of time of 3 weeks
OTHER	electrotheraphy group (EG)	Patients were treated with micro-waves (circular antenna in lumbar area, pulsating-mode 120W for 12 minutes) and later conventional analgesic TENS (80Hz frequency, 30 minutes) 5 days per week over a period of time of 3 weeks (15 sessions)

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-04
• Primary completion: 2019-01-04
• Completion: 2019-01-04
• First posted: 2019-01-07
• Last updated: 2019-02-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain