A Study Comparing Peloid Therapy and Hot Pack Treatment in Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain Caused by Lumbar Disc Herniation
CompletedNot applicableNCT07087548
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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 peloid therapy versus hot pack therapy in adults aged 18-50 with chronic lumbar disc herniation (LDH). The main questions it aims to answer are: Does peloid therapy reduce pain more effectively than hot pack therapy in patients with chronic LDH? Does peloid therapy improve functional status, range of motion, and quality of life more than hot pack therapy? Researchers will compare peloid therapy (45°C for 30 minutes, 5 days/week) to hot pack therapy (20 minutes, 5 days/week) to see which treatment offers better clinical outcomes. Participants will: Receive either peloid therapy or hot pack therapy for 3 weeks (15 sessions total). Undergo standard TENS therapy (20 minutes to the lumbar region) after each session. Complete assessments before and after treatment including: Pain intensity (Visual Analog Scale - VAS) Functional status (Back Pain Functional Scale - BPFS) Disability level (Oswestry Disability Index - ODI) Quality of life (Short Form-36 - SF-36) Lumbar range of motion and finger-to-floor distance (FFD)
Study details
- Official title
- Chronic Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Randomized Single-Blind Study on the Comparative Efficacy of Peloid Therapy Versus Hot Pack Therapy
- Conditions
- Lumbal Disc Herniation
- Interventions
- Other: Peloid Therapy
- Other: Hotpack Therapy
- Sponsor
- Fenerbahce University
- Start date
- 2021-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2022-06-22
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 50 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Individuals ≥18 years old with CLBP due to LDH lasting more than three months * Individuals who showed degeneration and prolapsed herniation on magnetic resonance imaging * Individuals were examined by a specialist physician Exclusion Criteria: * having not received physiotherapy for LDH in the last 6 months, * severe neurological deficit, * osteoporosis, * malignancy, inflammatory disease * decompensated cardiopulmonary disease, * uncontrolled hypertension, * those with an important pathology in routine laboratory tests (liver and kidney dysfunction, individuals with thyroid dysfunction, diabetes), * vertebral fracture, * lumbar listhesis * infectious disease at lumbar level, * inflammatory lumbar pain, * individuals with extruded and sequestered herniation as a result of MRI, * those with neurological deficits, * communication problems, * being allergic to peloid or hotpack * pregnant women
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07087548