Clinical Research Directory

Adjunctive Wet Cupping for Acute Non-Specific Low Back Pain

This prospective randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness and safety of adjunctive wet cupping therapy combined with standard pharmacological treatment in adults presenting to the emergency department with acute non-specific low back pain. A total of 80 adult patients were randomly assigned to receive either wet cupping therapy plus intravenous dexketoprofen or intravenous dexketoprofen alone. Pain intensity was assessed using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at baseline and at 10, 20, and 30 minutes after treatment, as well as at 24 hours. Secondary outcomes included the need for rescue analgesia, analgesic consumption during the first 24 hours after discharge, patient satisfaction, and treatment-related adverse events. The study was designed to determine whether adding wet cupping therapy to standard pharmacological treatment provides additional pain relief and improves short-term clinical outcomes in patients with acute non-specific low back pain.

Kinesiology Taping in Patients With Acute Low Back Pain

This prospective, randomized controlled trial will investigate the effectiveness of adding Kinesiology Taping (KT) to a standard physiotherapy program in individuals with acute non-specific low back pain. A total of 30 participants diagnosed with acute non-specific low back pain will be randomly allocated to either an experimental group receiving standard physiotherapy combined with lumbar Kinesiology Taping or a control group receiving standard physiotherapy alone. Both groups will receive treatment three times per week for six weeks, totaling 18 treatment sessions. Outcome assessments will be performed at baseline and after completion of the intervention. Pain intensity will be evaluated using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), functional disability using the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ), flexibility using the sit-and-reach test, trunk lateral flexion, and trunk extension tests, and health-related quality of life using the Short Form-36 (SF-36). The primary objective of this study is to determine whether the addition of Kinesiology Taping to a standard physiotherapy program provides greater improvements in pain, functional disability, flexibility, and quality of life than standard physiotherapy alone in individuals with acute non-specific low back pain. The findings are expected to contribute to the evidence regarding the clinical effectiveness of Kinesiology Taping as an adjunctive treatment for acute low back pain.