Myofascial Trigger Point Release and Paced Breathing Training for Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04107597
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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)
A study to explore whether two different treatment approaches, myofascial trigger point release and core stabilization exercises, both with and without additional paced breathing training, can help patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and whether one of the two treatments is superior.
Study details
- Official title
- Myofascial Trigger Point Release and Paced Breathing Training for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Core stabilization exercises
- Other: Core stabilization exercises and paced breathing training
- Other: Myofascial trigger point release
- Other: Myofascial trigger point release and paced breathing training
- Sponsor
- ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine
- Collaborators
- Center für Integrative Therapie Christopher Gordon; University Hospital Tuebingen; Die Filderklinik; Orthopädisch-Unfallchirurgische Praxis Dr Lembeck & Dr Pampel
- Start date
- 2008-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2008-12-18
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 70 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Germany
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Written informed consent * Age between 20 and 70 years * LBP at least once a week during the last three months * Pain intensity rated at least 4 on an 11-point scale (0=no pain, 10=worst pain imaginable) * Muscular pain during flexion, extension and lateral flexion Exclusion Criteria: * Acute hernia * Acute local or generalized inflammation * Neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, hemiplegia * Fibromyalgia * Radicular symptoms (Lasègue's sign, weakness of foot dorsiflexion muscle, needles or tingling in the legs) * Paraspinal tumors or metastases * Cancer under chemo- or radio-surgical treatment or requiring such during the next 12 months * Leg prostheses * Rheumatic, cardiovascular or chronic pulmonary condition precluding 45-minute physical therapy (contraindication declared by a physician) * Severe depression or severe anxiety currently requiring psychotherapy and/or pharmacotherapy * Suicidal tendencies * Drug abuse or addiction * Pregnancy existing or planned during the study period
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04107597