Effects of Tactile Stimuli for Lumbar Multifidus Muscle Activation in Healthy Adults and Patients With Low Back Pain

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Low Back Pain

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare combined tactile stimulation and verbal instruction to verbal instruction only on lumbar multifidus muscle activation in asymptomatic healthy adults and in patients with LBP.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02836860

Run by

Texas Woman's University

People needed

40

Starts

2014-12-01

Expected to finish

2017-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-07-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Additional criteria for asymptomatic healthy adults include no existing LBP and no LBP in the past year. Additional criteria for patient participants include existing LBP near the L5-S1 level with an average pain intensity score ≥ 2/10 in the past 24 hours (numeric pain rating scale of 0-10, 0 being no pain, 10 being unbearable pain).

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion criteria for all participants include previous low back surgery, systemic joint disease (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis), cancer of the lower quadrant, neurological disorders, allergic reaction to ultrasound gel, or inability to obtain testing positions (prone lying).

Where it is running

• Texas Woman's University — Dallas, Texas, United States (enrolling)

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