Tokyo, April 10 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000061210) titled 'Effectiveness of Radiofrequency versus Ultrasound on Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain' on April 9.
Study Type:
Interventional
Study Design:
Basic Design - Cross-over
Randomization - Randomized
Blinding - Open -but assessor(s) are blinded
Control - Active
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Tokyo Metropolitan University
Condition:
Condition - Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - This aim of this study is to evaluate the immediate effects of radiofrequency (RF) versus therapeutic ultrasound (US) in improving pain and muscle stiffness as well as in normalizing muscle activity during maximum standing forward trunk flexion and the flexion relaxition phenomenon (FRP) among patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP).
Basic objectives2 - Efficacy
Intervention:
Interventions/Control_1 - Radiofrequency
Interventions/Control_2 - Therapeutic ultrasound
Eligibility:
Age-lower limit - 18
years-old
=
Gender - Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria - Persistent chronic nonspecific low back pain for three months.
Key exclusion criteria - - If they exhibit any neurological symptoms.
- If the subject has a history of surgery and trauma to the neck and back within the past 12 months.
- Contraindications and precautions to heating modalities.
- If subject using any medication.
- If the subject has skin infection.
- Disc prolapse, nerve root compression, spinal canal stenosis, tumor and spondylolisthesis
Target Size - 24
Recruitment Status:
Recruitment status - Open public recruiting
Date of protocol fixation - 2024 Year 08 Month 11 Day
Date of IRB - 2025 Year 02 Month 04 Day
Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 02 Month 11 Day
Last follow-up date - 2026 Year 12 Month 30 Day
To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000070039
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