NCT05078008

The Role of Balneotherapy in Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain

The Role of Balneotherapy in Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Biopsychosocial Approach at São Pedro do Sul Thermal Baths

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Termalistur - Termas de Sao Pedro do Sul, E.M., S.A. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The effectiveness of balneotherapy in relieving chronic low back pain has been scientifically proven. This project aims to study in what extent a Balneotherapy program in São Pedro do Sul Thermal Baths influences chronic low back pain of individuals aged 65 and above, and in what order of magnitude it happens, on which domains (functional, psychological, biophysical and socioeconomic) and it's repercussions. For that, the investigators intended to carry out a project subdivided into two tasks. The first, and the most complex, with a holistic approach, will be carried out by a randomized controlled study (RCT) with focus on the various biopsychosocial domains of patients with chronic lumbar pain. Concerning the second task, another RCT will be carried out aiming for statistically significant changes in the lumbar thermographic maps before and after treatment, as well as the theoretical framework of all the findings.

Conditions

• Chronic Low Back Pain
• Older Adults
• Health Resort Medicine
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Physiotherapy modalities	parafango in the lumbar region 20min/day; High frequency Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), 100 Hz, 0,04-0,2mseg, 20 min/day; lumbar flexibility self-exercise plan
PROCEDURE	Balneotherapy modalities	Immersion in a thermal pool with 15 minutes of automatic hydromassage and 15 minutes of spine flexibility exercises; thermal steam treatment to spinal column; hydromassage bath with Vichy thermal water

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-05-01
• Primary completion: 2023-02-01
• Completion: 2023-09-10
• First posted: 2021-10-14
• Last updated: 2025-06-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Portugal