Effects of Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization Techniques in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization Techniques with and without Routine Physical Therapy in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20210205050256N1

Enrollment

Registered

2021-02-10

Start date

2021-01-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-02-22

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Conditions

Low Back Pain. Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: Instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization with routine physical therapy. In this group, patients will receive instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization duri

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

40 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age between 40 and 60 years Not make use of continuous drugs for low back pain Previous spine surgeries Do not present medical restriction to practice physical exercise or if they presented any limitations in lower limbs that physical exercises

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participants will be excluded if they had neurological signs, specific spinal pathology (e.g. malignancy, or inflammatory joint or bone disease) Patients who will be reported osteoarthritis or disc lesions (prolapse, protrusion or herniation without neurological compromise) with or without leg pain Pregnant women

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain. Timepoint: before intervention and 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS).;Function. Timepoint: before intervention and 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Modified Oswestry Disability Index (MODI) and Rolland Morris Questionnaire (RMQ).	—

Countries

Pakistan

Contacts

Public ContactDr. Naveed Anwar

Riphah International University

naveed.anwer@riphah.edu.pk+92 42 35126110

Outcome results

None listed

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