Effect of Interferential l Therapy on Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT03961477
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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)
Background: Chronic non-specific low back pain is defined as unknown mechanical musculoskeletal pain lasting more than 3 months. Electrotherapy is a non-pharmacologic, non-invasive and simple method back pain treatment that is mainly applied using interferential (IF) therapy. The current study was designed to investigate the effect of IF on pain, range of motion, and quality of life in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. Materials and methods: 61 patients suffered from chronic non-specific low back pain (CNLBP) were randomly assigned to IF group (n=30) and placebo IF (n=31). The entire patient received suggested exercise 3 times per week for 4 weeks. The outcome measures were visual analogue scale (VAS), lumbar range of motion (ROM) in terms of flexion\& extension and the Short Form-36 (SF-36) health questionnaire to evaluate the quality of life (QOL).
Study details
- Official title
- Effect of Interferential Therapy on Pain, Range of Motion and Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Interferential therapy
- Sponsor
- Ahlia University
- Collaborators
- Cairo University
- Start date
- 2017-12-05
- Primary completion
- 2018-07-11
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 25 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Egypt
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: \*Subjects were included in the study if they had LBP of at least three months duration \* Age between 25 and 60 years. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with spinal pathology (tumor, nerve root, fracture, and compromise), * Cardiopulmonary conditions * Pregnancy, * Received physiotherapy in the last eight weeks * Any contraindications to the use of electrotherapy were excluded.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03961477