Can a 3D touch therapy rewire back pain?
NCT ID NCT06990113
First seen Aug 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a specialized hands-on therapy called three-dimensional myofascial release, combined with motor control training, can improve how patients perceive their back and reduce pain in lumbar radiculopathy—a condition where a nerve in the lower spine is compressed. Adults aged 35 to 50 with unilateral symptoms lasting over six months will receive either this new approach or conventional treatment. The study measures changes in back perception, disability, pain sensitivity, and pain intensity.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Three-dimensional lumbar myofascial release combined with motor control training
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could offer a non-drug, non-surgical way to ease pain and improve body awareness in people with lumbar radiculopathy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small early-stage trial, so results may not apply broadly. The therapy's benefits over conventional treatment remain unproven, and individual responses can vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Finished
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Jul 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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35 to 50 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Their ages range from 35 to 50 years. * Both sex * Unilateral lumbar radiculopathy for more than 6 months. * Normal body mass index (18.5 - 24.99Kg/m2). Exclusion Criteria: * • Any other musculoskeletal disorders of the spine or upper extremity * Patients with any other Neurological deficits, psychiatric disease lumbar myelopathy, Cognitive problems, vertebral fractures and previous history of spine or lumbar surgery. * Clinical instability, recent trauma * Structural abnormalities of the spine, osteoporosis, and spasmodic torticollis. * Inflammatory or other specific disorders of spina such as ankylosing spondylitis and rheumatoid arthritis
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Lama Saad El-Din Mahmoud
Al Jīzah, Select State, 0020, Egypt
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