Dry Needling to the Multifidus Muscle in Subjects With Low Back Pain

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Low Back Pain, Mechanical

In brief

To examine for differences in contraction thickness of the transversus abdominis muscle in symptomatic subjects with mechanical lower back pain following the application of dry needling to the lumbar multifidus muscles.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02284724

Run by

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

People needed

40

Starts

2014-11-01

Expected to finish

2018-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2018-10-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age, current symptoms of mechanical low back pain or any symptoms experienced within the last 6 months, and ability to perform DCC.
• Subjects must also report they are comfortable with being 'needled', that is, they should not express a fear of needles and being needled.
• If subjects express fear of needles or being needled, they will be excluded from the study.

You may not qualify if…

• History of: abdominal or spinal surgery, significant scoliosis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, osteopenia, active ankylosing spondylitis, anticoagulant therapy, hemophilia, lymphedema, and cancer.
• If a subject reports a fear of needles.
• History of adverse reaction to needling (or injection) in the past.

Where it is running

• University of Nevada Las Vegas - Department of Physical Therapy — Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

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