Percutaneous Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT04243915
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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)
Chronic low back pain is a common musculoskeletal condition affects the general population. Low back pain constitutes a major burden to health care system and society. Several authors have found that the deep abdominal muscles and multifidus are affected in low back pain. Dry needling has shown improve the cross-sectional area of the multifidus. Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation has shown reduce pain in several conditions. There are not studies that had investigated the impact of percutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (PNMES) in the deep muscles in patients with chronic low back pain. Hypothesis: PNMES in the multifidus muscle plus motor control exercise program in patients with chronic low back pain is better than sham PNMES plus exercise and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) plus exercise
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of Percutaneous Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation on Lumbar Multifidus in Combination With a Protocol of Motor Control Exercises in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Percutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (PNMES) plus motor control exercise program
- Other: Sham PNMES (introducing the needle) plus motor control exercise program
- Other: TENS plus motor control exercise program
- Other: Sham PNMES (without inserting the needle) plus motor control exercise program
- Sponsor
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
- Start date
- 2021-04-10
- Primary completion
- 2024-06-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 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: \- Low back pain more than 90 days of evolution Exclusion Criteria: * Spondylarthrosis * History of fractures, luxations, surgery and/or musculoskeletal disorders in low back and lower limb. * Leg pain or neuropathic pain (LANSS \<12). * Neurological disorders, inflammatory and/or degenerative diseases. * Having received as treatment techniques that involve needles on the previous 6 months to study enrollment or having received percutaneous electrical stimulation as a treatment before. * Physiotherapy treatment in the last 4 weeks. * Specific lumbar pathology, fibromyalgia, unstable cardiovascular diseases, pregnant women or under suspect of pregnancy. * Contraindications of needle's insertions: anticoagulant therapy, needle phobia, diabetes, hypothyroidism, lymphoedema, muscular diseases). * Contraindications of electrical current. * Drugs: morphine or opioids drugs. * Depression * Judicial dispute
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04243915