Effect of Treatment on Connective Tissue in Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04762563
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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 purpose of the study is to investigate the effects of instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) and kinesiology taping (KT) that are additional treatment to the conservative treatment for the lumbar region and hamstrings and connective tissue thickness in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain (CNSLBP).
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization and Kinesiology Taping on Connective Tissue Thickness in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Low Back Pain
- Connective Tissue Defect (Diagnosis)
- Interventions
- Other: IASTM application
- Other: Kinesio Tape® Tex Gold)
- Sponsor
- Okan University
- Collaborators
- Medical Park Hospital Istanbul
- Start date
- 2021-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-08-27
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 30 Years to 50 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * between the ages of 30 and 50 * who had low back pain for at least 12 weeks, * received no physical therapy in the last 6 months, * received no IASTM or chemotherapy, * had normal movement of the hip joint * Visual Analog Scale value above 3 Exclusion Criteria: * the presence of allergy and skin diseases, * pregnancy, * major structural spinal deformity (scoliosis, kyphosis, stenosis), * inflammatory disease, * presence of extruded and sequestered herniation, -signs of neurological disease, - * presence of orthopedic diseases such as fracture * a history of spinal surgery.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04762563