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Register: German Clinical Trials Register
Last refreshed on: 8 April 2024
Main ID:  DRKS00007141
Date of registration: 13/11/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
Public title: The efficacy of a ressource-oriented manual therapy in patients with chronic low back pain compared to massage
Scientific title: The efficacy of a ressource-oriented manual therapy in patients with chronic low back pain compared to massage
Date of first enrolment: 01/11/2014
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Complete
URL:  http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00007141
Study type:  interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized controlled study; Masking: Blinded (masking used); Control: active; Assignment: parallel; Study design purpose: other  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name: Martin    Teufel
Address:  Osianderstrasse 6 72076 Tübingen Germany
Telephone: 07071/ 29-86719
Email: martin.teufel@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Affiliation:  Medizinische Klinik Tübingen, Abteilung: Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
Name: Sebastian    Seidel
Address:  Osianderstrasse 6 72076 Tübingen Germany
Telephone: 07071/ 29-86719
Email: sebastian.seidel@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Affiliation:  Medizinische Klinik Tübingen, Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: female; prolonged and recurring chronic low back pain which exist for at least 3 months and appear at least 2 times a week; age: between 18 and 65 years
Exclusion criteria: at least 10 points in PHQ-9; pregnancy inclusive precocious pregnancy; reasons that forbid treatment of the back or the front of the rumps; pronounced systemic and neurologic diseases that influence the musculoskeletal system; grave osteoporosis; infectious and fever diseases; grave disorders of coagulation, cumulative bruises; acute disc prolapse with provocative symptoms; grave sensomotoric disorders of the lower limbs; operation of the backbone which has been realised before less than 6 months; dependance deseases, bipolar disorder, psychosis, schizophrenia, grave depression (current or in the past)

Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
chronic low back pain
M54
Dorsalgia
Intervention(s)
Group 1: group 1: treatment with ressource-oriented manual therapy in supine position (5 times, each time 25 minutes); indirect treatment of low back pain considering ventral structures and encouragement of body perception
Group 2: group 2: treatment with massage at the low back in prone position (5 times, each time 25 minutes); treatment at the localization of back pain
Primary Outcome(s)
the differ of efficacy of both physiotherapeutic techniques in regard to pain with a questionnaire (german pain questionnaire, before 1st and after 5th treatment)
Secondary Outcome(s)
differ of efficacy in regard to body perception, perceived self-efficacy, heat perception, theapeutic relationship and comorbidities. We use questionnaires (Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, Short Form Health Survey-12, self efficacy, therapeutic relationship, satisfaction), interview (depression, somatization disorder), caliper and TSA-II thermode (before 1st and after 5th treatment)
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Medizinische Klinik Tübingen, Abteilung: Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 02/07/2014
Contact:
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 20/04/2016
URL: http://drks.de/search/en/trial/DRKS00007141#studyResults
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