Can a simple leg stretch change how you feel pain?
NCT ID NCT06357715
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a specific nerve-sliding exercise, done in a seated slump position, can change how healthy adults perceive pain. Researchers will measure the pressure point where a sensation becomes painful, comparing the nerve-slide to a placebo. The goal is to understand the mechanism behind this manual therapy technique, which is sometimes used for low back pain.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- neurodynamic sliding mobilisation in the slump position
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help explain how nerve-sliding techniques reduce pain, potentially improving treatments for low back pain.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early study in healthy people, not patients. Results may not apply to real pain conditions, and the effect might be small or absent.
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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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About 54 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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30 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: Subjects aged 30 years or older and less than 65 years; * Subjects considered naive to neurodynamic mobilisation techniques; * Volunteers who have read and understood the information letter and have given their written consent to participate in the study; * Fluent in spoken and read French; * Effective contraception in women of childbearing age (progestin-only or intrauterine device or tubal ligation) for at least 12 months; * For postmenopausal women, a confirmatory diagnosis must be obtained (non-drug-induced amenorrhoea for at least 12 months prior to the enrolment visit); * Subject affiliated to a social security scheme. Exclusion Criteria: * Positive slump test on the day of the selection visit (production of asymmetric lumbar symptoms or painful radiations in at least one lower limb or unilateral reduction in physiological knee extension range of motion compared with the contralateral side); * Neurological and neuropathic pain assessment score (DN4) greater than 4; * Increase or decrease in sensory function in the lower limb compared with the contralateral side, as measured by Clinical Sensory Testing (CST); * Any physical exertion of perceived intensity greater than 17 on the Borg 6-20 scale in the 72 hours prior to the trial and during the trial; * Injury, complaint or symptom affecting the spine (cervical, thoracic, lumbar) and/or lower limb(s) requiring absence from work, school or leisure activities in the 12 months prior to enrolment; * History of major surgery, injury to the trunk, spine and/or lower limb(s), or history of progressive rheumatic, neurological or oncological pathology;
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre d'investigation clinique CIC ROUEN
RECRUITINGRouen, 76000, France