Dry Needlig Vesus Tecartherapy in Low-back Pain Treatment
RecruitingNot applicableNCT05422040
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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)
Introduction: Diathermy is a new tool that could help subjects with chronic low back pain (CLBP), with no studies having compared it to other interventions already investigated such as dry needling. Hypothesis: Diathermy is more effective than dry needling in improving pain intensity in the short term in subjects with CLBP. Design: randomised controlled trial Methods: We will conduct a convenience sampling, with subjects receiving 2 treatment sessions with diathermy or dry needling, according to allocation. Subjects will be assessed at baseline, 1 week, 1 month and 3 months after treatment for pain intensity, disability, kinesiophobia and catastrophizing. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and moderation analysis will be performed to evaluate the results, with 95% confidence intervals (CI).
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of Diathermy Compared to Dry Needling in the Short-term Management of Subjects With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Randomised Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Dry needling
- Other: Tecartherapy treatment
- Sponsor
- University of Alcala
- Start date
- 2022-06-20
- Primary completion
- 2026-09-01
- 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: * Age between 18 and 65 years. * Chronic non-specific low back pain. * Duration of pain of more than 6 weeks. Exclusion Criteria: * Neurological signs or symptoms. * Radicular pain. * Radiating pain below the knee. * Belonephobia. * Traumatic processes and/or surgeries in the lumbar region in the last year. * Having received physiotherapy treatment in the last 3 months. * Systemic diseases such as cancer, rheumatic diseases, neurological diseases.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05422040