Effects of Adding Balneotherapy to a Physical Therapy Program in Patients With Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy
RecruitingNot applicableNCT06846970
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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 aim of this study is to investigate the effects of adding balneotherapy to the conventional physical therapy program on neuropathic pain, disability, daily living activities, and sleep quality in patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Adding Balneotherapy to the Physical Therapy Program on Neuropathic Pain, Disability, Daily Living Activities, and Sleep Quality in Patients With Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Experimental
- Other: Active Comparator
- Sponsor
- Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University
- Start date
- 2025-03-19
- Primary completion
- 2025-09-30
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 75 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged between 18 and 75 years who have been diagnosed with chronic lumbar radiculopathy based on medical history, physical examination, clinical findings, lumbar MRI, and EMG results, and who present to the outpatient clinic for physical therapy without any contraindications for treatment, will be included in the study after obtaining their informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with thermoregulation disorders or sensory deficits * Patients with lesions that impair skin integrity * Patients with decompensated heart failure * Patients with advanced heart, liver, or kidney failure * Patients with advanced, uncontrolled peripheral venous insufficiency * Patients with a history of epilepsy or seizures * Patients with pregnancy, malignancy, or a recent surgical operation * Patients in the acute exacerbation phase of rheumatic diseases * Patients with severe anemia * Patients with tuberculosis * Patients with febrile infectious diseases * Patients with diseases associated with bleeding disorders * Patients who have undergone regular balneotherapy in the past three months * Patients with polyneuropathy or peripheral nerve damage * Patients with muscle weakness detected during examination * Patients with prostheses * Patients with a history of lumbar surgery Exclusion Criteria for Balneotherapy * Patients with thermoregulation disorders or sensory deficits * Patients with lesions that impair skin integrity * Patients with decompensated heart failure * Patients with advanced heart, liver, or kidney failure * Patients with advanced, uncontrolled peripheral venous insufficiency * Patients with a history of epilepsy or seizures * Patients with pregnancy, malignancy, or a recent surgical operation * Patients in the acute exacerbation phase of rheumatic diseases * Patients with severe anemia * Patients with tuberculosis * Patients with febrile infectious diseases * Patients with diseases associated with bleeding disorders * Patients who have undergone regular balneotherapy in the past three months * Patients with polyneuropathy or peripheral nerve damage
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06846970