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Underwater Jet Massage Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain

TerminatedNCT04485182
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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)

Underwater massage is the more modern variety of massages otherwise known as tangentor, where the temperature of the water of the treatment tub and the mechanical effect of the water jet is utilised. It is typical of chronic low back pain that, after the first painful episode, is repeated at 44-78% of patients. Our goals are the followings: 1. Is the beneficial effect of a Underwater massage therapy addition to a complex physiotherapy comparable to a control group with respect to clinical parameters? 2. How much does the quality of life change in an initial state and how much is it in comparison with the control group?

Study details

Official title
Underwater Jet Massage Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain
Conditions
Interventions
  • Other: Underwater jet massage (Tangentor)
Sponsor
Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St. John of God, Budapest
Start date
2019-06-01
Primary completion
2023-03-28
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years to 80 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
Hungary
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * at least 12 weeks of non-specific lymphatic pain,the pain sensitivity of the paravertebral muscle and the painful movement of the lumbar spine can be observed, which can be characterized by segmental motion, segmental instability or other reasons. * radiographically confirmed spondylosis, discopathy, and spondylarthrosis within one year. * back pain at least 30mm (100mm visualis analogue scale). * patient consent form signed before the start of test Exclusion Criteria: * patients could not received systemic or locally administered steroid therapy, physiotherapy or they get balneotherapy in the last 2 months * The exclusion criteria included: * previous lumbar spine surgery, * progressive neurologic loss, * pregnancy, * umbilical- , inguinal hernia, * malignities, * infectious diseases, * inflammatory pathologies, * severe pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases, * uncontrolled hypertension, * mental disorders, * incontinence, * Acute lower back pain; Organic neurological symptoms associated with the lower back; * pain in the background of osteoporosis or other causes of vertebral compression is likely; malignity in the background; * Lack of complience, * Pain due to inflammatory spinal disease; * spondylolisthesis (which is not greater than 25% of vertebral skeleton compared to adjacent vertebrae)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04485182