Massage Therapy on Hamstrings in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Effectiveness of a technique of dynamic massage therapy in the hamstrings in patients with nonspecific low back pain.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Low Back Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Dynamic massage therapy; Procedure: Massage therapy

Detailed Description

The main objective of this study is to test the effectiveness of a technique of dynamic massage therapy in the hamstrings in patients with nonspecific low back pain. Secondary objectives are assess whether the technique of dynamic massage therapy increases the extensibility of the hamstrings, assess whether the treatment of hamstrings decreases low back pain and determine whether the application of this technique decreases the disability associated with nonspecific low back pain.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 20
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Valencia
    • Moncada, Valencia, Spain, 46113
      • CEU Cardenal Herrera University

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:

• 18-65 years old.
• Low back pain with over three months of evolution.
• Practice sports regularly (at least three times a week).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Fractures, Tumors, congenital anomalies, rheumatic diseases, infectious or inflammatory processes.
• Pathology Nerve root
• Presence of neurological deficit or neuromuscular diseases.
• Surgery
• Physiotherapy treatment for low back pain in the last 30 days.
• Drugs in previous 24h

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Dynamic massage therapy; Rubbing on hamstrings combined with articular movement	Procedure: Dynamic massage therapy; Dynamic massage therapy on hamstring combined with knee extension
Active Comparator: Massage therapy; Rubbing on hamstrings	Procedure: Massage therapy; Rubbing on hamstrings

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Hamstrings extensibility measured with sit-and-reach test	Fixing a meter stick on top of a solid box so that 26 cm of the ruler extend over the front edge of the box toward the test subject. Used to check the increase in hip flexion.	Two weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Low back pain measured with visual analog scale	The subject indicates the intensity of pain by marking a 100-mm horizontal line with two extremes: no pain and worst imaginable pain. Used to check the decrease low back pain	Two weeks. Participants will be followed for four weeks after completion of the intervention
Low back disability measured with the Oswestry Disability Questionnaire	Oswestry Disability Questionnaire is an important tool to measure functional low back disability. For each section the total possible score is 5: if the first statement is marked the section score = 0; if the last statement is marked, it = 5. If all 10 sections are completed the score is calculated as follows: Example: 16 (total scored) 50 (total possible score) x 100 = 32%	Two weeks. Participants will be followed for four weeks after completion of the intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cardenal Herrera University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: FJavier Montañez-Aguilera, Doctor, Cardenal Herrera University

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Pecos-Martin D, Montanez-Aguilera FJ, Gallego-Izquierdo T, Urraca-Gesto A, Gomez-Conesa A, Romero-Franco N, Plaza-Manzano G. Effectiveness of dry needling on the lower trapezius in patients with mechanical neck pain: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2015 May;96(5):775-81. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.12.016. Epub 2015 Jan 9.
• Montanez-Aguilera FJ, Valtuena-Gimeno N, Pecos-Martin D, Arnau-Masanet R, Barrios-Pitarque C, Bosch-Morell F. Changes in a patient with neck pain after application of ischemic compression as a trigger point therapy. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2010;23(2):101-4. doi: 10.3233/BMR-2010-0255.
• Aguilera FJ, Martin DP, Masanet RA, Botella AC, Soler LB, Morell FB. Immediate effect of ultrasound and ischemic compression techniques for the treatment of trapezius latent myofascial trigger points in healthy subjects: a randomized controlled study. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Sep;32(7):515-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.08.001.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: May 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): January 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 26, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 29, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): September 1, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): January 27, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 26, 2016
• Last Verified: September 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Back Pain; Low Back Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: Cardenal Herrera University

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED