Efficacy of the Mckenzie Method in Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT02123394
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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)
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of the McKenzie method in patients with chronic non-specific low back.
Study details
- Official title
- Efficacy of the Mckenzie Method in Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Placebo
- Other: McKenzie method
- Sponsor
- Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo
- Collaborators
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
- Start date
- 2014-05
- Primary completion
- 2016-05
- 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: patients seeking care for chronic non-specific low back pain (defined as pain or discomfort between the costal margins and the inferior gluteal folds, with or without referred symptoms in the lower limbs, for at least 3 months), with a pain intensity of at least 3 points measured by a 0-10 points pain numerical rating scale, aged between 18 and 80 years and able to read in Portuguese. \- Exclusion Criteria: patients will be excluded if they have any contraindication to physical exercise or ultrasound or short wave therapy, evidence of nerve root compromise (i.e one or more of motor, reflex or sensation deficit), serious spinal pathology (such as fracture, tumor, inflammatory and infectious diseases), serious cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, previous back surgery and pregnancy. \-
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02123394