Effectiveness Analysis of Ultrasound-guided Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (EPI) in Patient With Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04290221
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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 main objective of this study is to analyze the effectiveness of the lumbar nerve root stimulation with ultrasound-guided percutaneous electrolysis versus the electrical dry needling of trigger points in patients with chronic low back pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Comparing Effectiveness Two Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (EPI) Interventions for Chronic Low Back Pain: Lumbar Nerve Root Stimulation vs Trigger Points Stimulation
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Ultrasound-guided percutaneous electrolysis in the lumbar nerve root
- Other: Electrical Dry Needling in trigger points
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Almeria
- Start date
- 2021-11-30
- Primary completion
- 2022-03-04
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 30 Years to 67 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- 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 ≥ 3 months. * Age between 30 and 67 years old. * Score ≥ 4 points on the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire. * Not being receiving other physical therapy. Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of lumbar stenosis. * Diagnosis of spondylolisthesis. * Diagnosis of fibromyalgia. * Treatment with corticosteroids or oral medication in recent weeks. * History of spine surgery. * Contraindication of analgesic electrical therapy. * Have previously received a treatment of intratissue percutaneous electrolysis. * 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/NCT04290221