Short-term Effects of Exercise Program Versus Electropuncture in Patients With Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
CompletedNot applicableNCT03794869
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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 evaluate the effectiveness that exists when performing a treatment based on a table of exercises for strengthening the lumbar muscles versus a treatment based on electropuncture in patients with chronic low back pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Short-term Effects of Exercise Program Versus Electropuncture on Pain, Depression, Range of Motion and Disability, in Patients With Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain
- Exercise Program
- Electroacupuncture
- Interventions
- Other: Percutaneous electrostimulation treatment (EPS)
- Other: Exercise program
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Almeria
- Start date
- 2018-04-15
- Primary completion
- 2018-04-16
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 25 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Spain
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Chronic non-specific low back pain persisting ≥ 3 months. * Age between 25 and 60 years. * Not currently receiving physical therapy. Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of lumbar stenosis. * Presence of clinical signs of radiculopathy. * Diagnosis of spondylolisthesis. * Diagnosis of fibromyalgia. * Treatment with corticosteroid or pharmachological medication within the paset 2 weeks. * A history of spinal surgery. * Central or peripheral nervous system disease
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03794869