Addition of the Interferential Current to the Pilates Method in the Treatment of Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT01919268
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the addition of the interferential current to Pilates method exercises in the treatment of 148 patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of the Addition of the Interferential Current to the Pilates Method in the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Electrotherapy
- Device: Pilates
- Sponsor
- Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo
- Start date
- 2013-10
- Primary completion
- 2015-02
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Brazil
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Sedentary patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain longer than 12 weeks * Pain greater than three points in Pain Numerical Rating Scale Exclusion Criteria: * Contra indications to physical exercise * Serious spinal pathologies (e.g. tumors, fractures and inflammatory diseases) * Nerve root compromise * Pregnancy * Infection and/or skin lesions at the site of the application of the interferential current * Cancer * Cardiac pacemaker * Changes in sensitivity or allergy in the region of electrode placement * Previous surgery on spine or physical therapy for chronic nonspecific low back pain in the last six months * Previous experience with the Pilates method
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01919268