Osteopathic Treatment in Patients With Low Back Pain: Stabilometry (Osteop-COP)

Effect of Osteopathic Treatment in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Stabilometry

Determine the improvement in nonspecific low back pain patients with osteopathic techniques (Body Adjustment Protocol) and know changes in stabilometric measures analyzed with a stabilometric platform (Footscan®).

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Lower Back Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Osteopathic; Other: Auto Stretching

Detailed Description

Fifty patients participate in this study (25 experimental group with body adjustment protocol of osteopathy and 25 control group). For a first objective of this study, all the patients determine if the osteopathic approach to the body adjustment approach will improve low back pain (Oswestry Questionnaire). For the second aim, the investigators want to know if there are changes in the distribution of body weight in lower limbs in group experimental and control group, analyzed with a stabilometric platform (Footscan®).

The experimental group is treated with osteopathy, three sessions (20 minutes/session) and a frequency one session/week. The treatment osteopathic is the body adjustment protocol. In the other hand, the control group made 2 stretching global postures once a week (10 minutes for each posture) for three weeks: the first was for the anterior muscular chain and the second posture to stretch the posterior muscle chain. Before treatment, immediately after the last session and a month later, are measured stabilometric parameters, height and Oswestry.

The analysis will be made with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS Statistics) 22.0

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 50
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged between 18 and 65 years.
• Patients with non-specific low back pain.
• Patients with alteration in the distribution of loads in a podiatric platform.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Specific low back pain diagnosed.
• Pregnancy.
• Recent surgery in the last year.
• Acute musculoskeletal disorders out of the lumbar region.
• Patients with vestibular and instability problems.
• Meniere syndrome.
• Oncologic patients.
• Patients with manual therapy treatment during the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: OSTEOPATHIC PROTOCOL; Physiotherapist applies an osteopathic treatment in non-specific low back pain patients. The experimental group is treated with osteopathy, three sessions (20 minutes/session) and a frequency one session/week. Osteopathic treatment osteopathic is a body adjustment protocol. This protocol adjusts the musculoskeletal disorders since neck to lower limbs in the experimental group. Before treatment, immediately after the last session and a month later, are measured stabilometric parameters, height and Oswestry.	Other: Osteopathic; Body adjustment in three sessions (20 minutes/session).; Other Names: Manual Therapy; Muscle chains
Active Comparator: Auto Stretching; The patients realizes stretching protocol: two stretching global postures once a week (10 minutes for each posture) for three weeks: the first is for the anterior muscular chain and the second posture to stretch the posterior muscle chain. Before three stretching, immediately after the last session and a month later, are measured stabilometric parameters, height and Oswestry.	Other: Auto Stretching; The patients realize auto stretching in three sessions (20 minutes/session).; Other Names: Muscle chains

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Oswestry Questionnaire	Improvement of low back pain measured by Oswestry Questionnaire: The results of the lumbar scale Oswestry disability percentage will be obtained. Results of the initial measurement, final month of treatment and compared.	5 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Centre of Pressure Displacement	Stabilometry used to assess Centre of Pressure Displacement. The stabilometric results will be obtained in percentages. The most important variables are the percentage of load anterior, load posterior, load right side and load left side. Results of the initial measurement, final month of treatment and compared.	5 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 2, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 6, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): August 7, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): June 22, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 21, 2016
• Last Verified: June 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: NON SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN; OSTEOPATHY; FOOT PRESSURE PLATFORM; POSTURAL BALANCE
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Back Pain; Low Back Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: UniversidadMHE