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

Sponsor:

Texas Woman's University

Code:

NCT02836860

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Tactile stimuli

Study Details

Brief summary:

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.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Study ID

NCT02836860

Start date

Dec, 2014

Status verified date

Jul, 2016

Completion date

Dec, 2017

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2017

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

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).

Exclusion Criteria:

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).

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

other: Healthy Controls

Effects of tactile stimulation on lumbar multifidus activation in healthy adults without LBP.

other: Low Back Pain

Effects of tactile stimulation on lumbar multifidus activation in adults with LBP.

Interventions

Tactile stimuli

Both groups will receive tactile stimuli: hand touch on the right and left lumbar multifidus muscles at L4-5

Primary outcome measure

Electromyographic (EMG) amplitude [ Time Frame: 8 seconds, 5 repetitions during one visit ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Sharon Wang-Price, PhD

214-689-7715 swang@twu.edu

Locations

Texas Woman's University

Recruiting

Dallas, Texas, United States, 75235

Contacts

Sharon Wang-Price, PhD

214-689-7715 swang@twu.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Texas Woman's University

Last update posted

Jul 20, 2016

Last verified

Jul, 2016

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Texas Woman's University on 2016-07-20.