Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Focused Radiofrequency (TECAR) Therapy on Pain, Disability, Function, and Quality of Life in Patients With Lumbar Disc Herniation
Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
54 participants
Jan 1, 2025
OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Low back pain is a very common health problem in societies, regardless of the underlying cause. Its lifetime prevalence has been reported to be as high as 75-80%. Low back pain negatively affects the quality of life of affected individuals. In addition to diagnostic and treatment costs, it can lead to serious physical disability, resulting in loss of workforce and placing a substantial economic burden on countries. Many different factors play a role in the etiology of low back pain. According to etiology, it can be classified as idiopathic, mechanical, rheumatologic, metabolic, endocrine, infectious, neoplastic, neurologic/psychiatric disorders, and pain of visceral origin. The treatment of low back pain can be classified into medical treatment, physical therapy, percutaneous invasive interventions, and surgical intervention. TECAR therapy is also one of the treatment modalities routinely used in clinical practice. Our aim is to develop more effective physical therapy programs.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria4
- Having low back pain lasting longer than 12 weeks
- Having a diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation (bulging, protruded, or extruded)
- Being able to comply with the exercise program
- Willingness to participate in the study Being between 20 and 60 years of age
Exclusion Criteria22
- Being younger than 20 years or older than 60 years
- Having a known and/or newly diagnosed malignancy
- Presence of cardiac implants such as a pacemaker
- Having inflammatory low back pain
- Having absolute spinal stenosis (anteroposterior diameter of the spinal canal \< 10 mm and anteroposterior diameter of the lateral recess \< 3 mm)
- History of surgery due to lumbar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, vertebral fracture, or similar conditions
- Presence of lumbar spondylolisthesis
- Patients with sequestered disc herniation
- Patients with polyneuropathy
- Patients with central pain following stroke
- Patients with neurological deficits
- Having a diagnosed neurodegenerative disease
- Having a systemic musculoskeletal disease
- Patients with acute deep vein thrombosis
- Pregnancy
- Presence of infection at the skin surface where treatment will be applied
- Unexplained weight loss
- Bladder and/or bowel incontinence
- Having received physical therapy modalities or injections for low back pain within the last 1 month
- Having cognitive impairment
- Refusal to participate in the study
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Interventions
TECAR therapy applied by a technician for 20 minutes per session, three days per week, for a total of six sessions
TECAR therapy is a new and effective treatment modality.
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NCT07335718