The Immediate Effect Of Shockwave Therapy On the Quadratus Lumborum (QL) Muscle Trigger Points vs Regular Back Exercises in Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT05257421
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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 study aims to compare the effect of regular back exercises with shockwave therapy by treating male patients with non-specific low back pain between the age of (20-40). Who will be devided into 3 groups, and will be treated by shockwave therapy , exercises or both combined. After signing a consent form, patients will be assigned to the groups blindly, so the patients will not know if they are in the experimental or control group. Hypothesis: The hypothesis of this study states that: o Research hypothesis: there will be a significant difference between the radial ESWT and back exercises in reducing LBP
Study details
- Official title
- The Immediate Effect Of Shockwave Therapy On the Quadratus Lumborum (QL) Muscle Trigger Points vs Regular Back Exercises in Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: shockwave machine
- Other: leg and back exercises
- Combination product: shockwave and exercises
- Sponsor
- University of Sharjah
- Start date
- 2022-05
- Primary completion
- 2022-07
- Sex
- Male
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 40 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Only male patients will be included. * Age 20-40 years old. * Non-specific LBP for at least 3 months. * At least one local tenderness or active trigger point in the anatomical region of the QL muscle. * Pain intensity on numerical pain scale should be more than 4 Exclusion Criteria: * LBP due to a pathology or trauma. * Below 20 years of age. * Previous lumbar surgeries. * Malignancy. * Patients under medications or painkillers.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05257421