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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) Combined With Aerobic Exercise in Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain (LBP)

Unknown statusNot applicableNCT05830851
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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 goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with aerobic exercise in non-specific low back pain patients. The main question aims to answer: • Which are the effects of tDCS treatment combined with aerobic exercise compared to Sham tDCS combined with aerobic exercise in non-specific Low Back Pain? Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires and they will receive treatments as tDCS or Sham tDCS and aerobic exercise (treadmill walking). Researchers will compare a group who is treated with a combination of tDCS and aerobic exercise versus a group receiving placebo tDCS and aerobic exercise to see the effects on pain intensity, pressure pain, disability, kinesiophobia, quality of life, catastrophism, Heart Rate Variability and cortical excitation.

Study details

Official title
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Combined With Aerobic Exercise for the Treatment of Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: a Randomized Clinical Trial
Interventions
  • Other: real tDCS and aerobic exercise
  • Other: sham tDCS and aerobic exercise
Sponsor
European University of Madrid
Start date
2023-11-17
Primary completion
2024-07
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years to 65 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
Spain
Total sites listed
2

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of non-specific Low Back Pain for at least 3 months based on careful radiological evaluation and clinical diagnosis by a physician. * Aged from 18 till 65 years old. * Scoring higher than 20mm on the 100 mm VAS scale * Scoring higher than 4 on the Rolland-Morris scale Exclusion Criteria: Any subject presenting at least one of the following exclusion criteria will be excluded from the study: * Vertebral fractures, osteoporosis * Infections * Lumbar surgical, herniated disc or nerve root compression * Rheumatologic diseases * People with central nervous system alterations * Structured deformities of the spine (scoliosis) * Oncology patients in active treatment or within 5 years after the end of the treatment * Fibromyalgia * Women who are pregnant or who may be pregnant * Contraindications to tDCS (epilepsy, cranial implanted devices, neurological o psychiatric disorders, sever cardiopulmonary, renal or hepatic disorders) * Being under physiotherapeutic or osteopathic treatment during the study period * Absolute contraindications to aerobic exercise (acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, uncontrolled arrhythmia, heart failure, acute pulmonary embolism, myocarditis or acute pericarditis) * People who need walking assistance (cane, other person to assist) * Patients who practise regular physical activity defined as leisure-time physical activity for 30 minutes, three or more times per week * People unable to give informed consent, or unable to complete the selected questionnaires.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05830851