Comparing usual physiotherapy treatment and stretching exercise for tight hamstring muscle in chronic low back pain sufferers

Comparing electromyographic changes, pelvic tilt and back strength in chronic low back pain sufferers with tight hamstring muscle in stretching exercise group and strength exercise in lengthened position group. A randomized controlled clinical Trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT201507258035N2

Enrollment

Registered

2015-09-16

Start date

2015-10-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Low Back Pain. Dorsalgia, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention 1: Stretching Exercise (Ten minutes of exercises for stretching the hamstring muscle each session). Intervention 2: Usual Physiotherapy Treatment (Including: heat, TNS and therapeutic exe

Rehabilitation

Stretching Exercise (Ten minutes of exercises for stretching the hamstring muscle each session)

Usual Physiotherapy Treatment (Including: heat, TNS and therapeutic exercise).

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: having LBP for more than 3 months, pain intensity from 3 to 6 in visual analogue scale (VAS) and age of 18 to 60 years. Exclusion criteria: history of having pathology or anomaly in lower limbs such as malignancy, inflammatory diseases, severe osteoporosis, arthritis or bone diseases.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Electromyografic amplitude of hamstring. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: with surface EMG equipment.;Pelvic tilt angle. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: With inclinometer.;Back muscles strength. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: With dynamometer.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMohammadBagher Shamsi

Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

mshamsi@kums.ac.ir ; mbshamsi@yahoo.com+98 83 3724 1929

Outcome results

None listed

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