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A Study to Compare Muscle Energy Technique With and Without Diaphragmatic Training in People With Lumbar functional Instability - Randomized control trial

Comparative Efficacy Of Muscle Energy Technique Combined with Diaphragmatic Training Versus Muscle Energy Technique Alone In Managing Lumbar Functional Instability -A Randomized Control Trial - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/05/086836
Enrollment
60
Registered
2025-05-13
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-05-26

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: M958- Other specified acquired deformities of musculoskeletal system

Interventions

Intervention1: Group 1 - muscle energy technique and conventional treatment Group 2- Muscle energy technique, Diaphragmatic technique and conventional treatment: Patients will be divided into three gr

Sponsors

Kajal jain
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Persons between 18 35 years of age and having had low back pain of more than 3 months. 2. low back without referred leg pain of at least 3 months duration. 3. Male and female both will be included. 4. Score of 3 or higher on the numeric rating scale (NRS) 5. Positive in 3 or more out of the 5 items in the lumbar instability test 6. Localized midline pain in the low back and tenderness on palpation, painful arc during spinal movements, pain on jerky movements. 7. Participants were asked not to have any other treatment during the time of the training. 8. Subjects with previous history of low back pain were also included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosed other specific causes of low back pain 2. balance problems of neurological origin 3. Respiratory diseases, cardiopulmonary diseases 4. Osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis 5. Previous thoracic surgery 6. Previous surgical interventions affecting the trunk or the limbs and the subjects being uncooperative. 7. The participants were asked to indicate immediately if an acute inflammatory disease occurred, had suffered from infection, inflammation, 8. Fractures, malignancies, or any kind of systematic diseases were excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pain, Disability, Lumbar mobility (ROM), Muscle Strength of diaphragm, erector spinae and multifidus, Internal/ External Abdominal Obliques, and transversus abdominis, Quality of lifeTimepoint: Day 1 assessment, 4th week assessment—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC %Timepoint: Day 1 assessment, 4th week assessment—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactKajal jain

SGT university

prnk.rishi@gmail.com8588878467

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026