NCT04090502

Treatment of Hamstring Muscle in Patients With Low-back Pain

Effectiveness of Hamstring Muscle Dry Needling in Patients With Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain of Non-specific Origin

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Alcala · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the treatment of hamstrings in the management of patients with mechanical low back pain of non-specific origin. Half of the participants will received the application of a dry needle technique in the most hyperalgesic areas of the muscle, while the other half will received the same technique in areas not hyperalgesic.

Detailed description

Shortening of the hamstrings could be related to low back pain.Therefore, the treatment of these muscles may improve pain. The dry needling technique seems to improve the extensibility of the muscles. This technique seems to be more effective when is applied in the most hyperalgesic areas related to the participant's pain. In order to demonstrate this hypothesis, the investigators will check if the dry needling technique produces the same effects when is applied in other areas of those same muscles

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Dry needling in hamstring muscle trigger points	Participants with nonspecific mechanical low back pain will be assessed for the hamstring muscle. Subsequently, the most sensitive areas associated with the shortening of the muscle will be located and the technique will be applied to this area.
OTHER	Dry needling in hamstring muscle not trigger points	Participants with nonspecific mechanical low back pain will be assessed for the hamstring muscle. Subsequently, the most sensitive areas associated with the shortening of the muscle will be located and the technique will be applied out of this area.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-01
• Primary completion: 2023-10-24
• Completion: 2023-10-24
• First posted: 2019-09-16
• Last updated: 2023-10-25

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Spain