Trigger point shots for low back muscle pain
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests whether injecting sore “trigger points” in low back muscles helps improve chronic low back pain. It compares treatments in people with specific low back muscle pain patterns and excludes several other causes of pain.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are at least 18 years old
- A clinician can find at least one trigger point in the low back muscle area
- Your current low back pain is noticeably worse than your usual baseline (about 1.5 cm higher on a pain scale)
- You can safely take the study medications and understand the study well enough to consent
- You have no recent lower spine/hip/pelvic surgery in the last 6 months
- Your pain is not caused by certain other problems (for example, nerve symptoms down to the heel or a fracture)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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