Effects of a Protocol of Hip Flexor Stretching on Chronic Mechanical, Non-specific LBP.
Not yet recruitingNot applicableNCT06975345
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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 compare the effectiveness of a stretching, exercise and education protocol versus usual care in improving pain, function and disability in patients with non-specific mechanical chronic low back pain (CLBP). The research hypothesis is: A combination of hip flexors stretching, exercise and education is more effective than usual care to improve pain, function and disability in patients with CLBP. Participants will be randomly allocated in one of the two treatment groups. Pain, function and disability will be assessed before starting treatment, after the end of the treatment and one month , three months and one year after the end of the treatment.
Study details
- Official title
- Short, Medium and Long Term Effects of a Protocol of Hip Flexor Stretching, Exercise and Pain Managment Education, Function and Disability in Patients With Chronic, Mechanical, Non-specific Low Back Pain. Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.
- Conditions
- Pain
- Musculoskeletal Manipulations
- Low Back Pain, Mechanical
- Interventions
- Other: Multicomponent intervention. Hip flexors stretching, Strengthening exercises and education and medical treatment (Medication and medical counselling)
- Drug: Medical treatment.
- Sponsor
- Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences
- Collaborators
- Universidad de Zaragoza; Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
- Start date
- 2025-07-02
- Primary completion
- 2026-12-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 75 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Poland
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18-75 years * Medical diagnosis of chronic, mechanical, non-specific pain in the lumbar spine (M54, M51) - chronic low back pain. * Obtaining written consent to conduct research * Must be able to swallow tablets Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Pacemaker * Active cancer * To consent to conduct research * Difficulty communicating * The presence of a metal plate in the head and metal screws in the body * Condition after operations in the area of the lumbar spine * Condition after fractures in the lumbar spine * Contraindications to manual therapy or exercise * Has participated in a lumbar spine exercise or manual therapy program in the last three months * Present clear signs of having suffered a significant lumbar injury * Inability to maintain standing or a supine or prone position * No possibility to perform the stretching of hip flexors
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06975345