Trial reportBrazilian journal of physical therapy
Stabilization exercises combined with neuromuscular electrical stimulation for patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
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The trial behind it
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Corticospinal and Motor Behavior Responses After 6-week Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Combined With Motor Control Exercises in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain
Effects of Multichannel Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation Combined With Core Exercise in Individuals With Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effect of EMS, IFC, and TENS on patient-reported outcome measures for chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
- Dose-response-relationship of stabilisation exercises in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: a systematic review with meta-regression.Scientific reports · 2020Pooled it
- Combined neuromuscular electrical stimulation with motor control exercise can improve lumbar multifidus activation in individuals with recurrent low back pain.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- A rehabilitation programme focussing on pelvic floor muscle training for persistent lumbopelvic pain after childbirth: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of rehabilitation medicine · 2021Trial
- Prevalence of low back pain-related disability in postpartum women in Slovakia.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) · 2026Article
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- Should thread-embedding and auricular acupuncture be combined rather than used individually for non-specific chronic low back pain?: A double-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled trial.Integrative medicine research · 2025Article
- Advances in Electrical Materials for Bone and Cartilage Regeneration: Developments, Challenges, and Perspectives.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Review
- The Impact of Neuromuscular Stimulation on the Rehabilitation Outcomes of Patients Following Joint Replacement Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
- The Immediate Effect of a Single Treatment of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation with the StimaWELL 120MTRS System on Multifidus Stiffness in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Electroacupuncture at Traditional Acupoints or Myofascial Trigger Points for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: High or Alternated Frequency? A Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.Medical acupuncture · 2024Article
- Disability reduction following a lumbar stabilization exercise program for low back pain: large vs. small improvement subgroup analyses of physical and psychological variables.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
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- Bioelectricity in dental medicine: a narrative review.Biomedical engineering online · 2024Review
- Effects of photobiomodulation therapy associated with motor control exercise for chronic non-specific low back pain: protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
- The Effect of Transcutaneous Electrotherapy on Lumbar Range of Motion and Paraspinal Muscle Characteristics in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
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- The effect of phasic versus combined neuromuscular electrical stimulation using the StimaWELL 120MTRS system on multifidus muscle morphology and function in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial protocol.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
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- Comparative effectiveness of electroacupuncture VS neuromuscular electrical stimulation in the treatment of chronic low back pain in active-duty personals: A single-center, randomized control study.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundOne proposed mechanism of chronic low back pain might be paraspinal muscle impairment. Commonly, this impairment is treated with stabilization exercises. However, the effect size of stabilization exercises has been previously reported to be small.
designRandomized controlled trial.
objectiveTo investigate the clinical benefit of using neuromuscular electrical stimulation as a supplement to stabilization exercises in patients with chronic low back pain.
methodsThirty participants with chronic low back pain were randomized into a stabilization exercise only group (n=15) or a stabilization exercise plus neuromuscular electrical stimulation group (n=15). The stabilization exercises included abdominal, side support, and quadruped exercises. The neuromuscular electrical stimulation was applied to the lumbar paraspinal muscles for 20min each session. Both groups received their respective interventions twice a week for 6 weeks. Participant eligibility for inclusion was age between 18 and 60 years, body mass index ≤34, chronic low back pain ≥3 months, Numeric Pain Rating Scale ≥3, Modified Oswestry Disability Questionnaire score ≥20 and ability to understand English. Outcome measurements were self-reported neuromuscular electrical stimulation tolerability scale, Modified Oswestry Disability Questionnaire, Numeric Pain Rating Scale, Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire and paraspinal muscle strength.
resultsThe neuromuscular electrical stimulation was reported to be tolerable. There were no significant between-group differences on any of the outcome measures (p>0.05).
conclusionsThe application of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on the paraspinal muscles was reported to be tolerable. Supplementing stabilization exercises with neuromuscular electrical stimulation did not offer any additional clinical benefit for the chronic low back pain patients.
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