Effect of heating and cooling combination therapy on patients with chronic low back pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinicians often apply heating or cooling stimulation for treatment of musculoskeletal pain. However, scalding, frostbite and skin ulcers may occur from the excessive use of either therapy alone. Heating and cooling combination therapy may be a suitable alternative for treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, although insufficient research has documented the safety and efficacy of such therapy. The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine the efficacy and safety of heating and cooling combination therapy for treatment of chronic low back pain.

Methods/design

This is a multicenter, parallel-group, double-blinded, randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a heating and cooling combination therapeutic device (OCH-S100) in patients with ch

SUBMITTER: Kim EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4494172 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature