Low Back Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
Forty female patients with age ranging from 30-40 years old were suffering from low back pain due to visceral dysfunctions participated in this study. They were recruited from a private clinic. They were assigned into two groups equal in number; Group (A): included twenty patients who received osteopathic manipulative techniques, 1 session per week for 3 weeks, and Group (B): included twenty patients who received only analgesic drugs.
Detailed description
Twenty patients received osteopathic manipulative techniques including Suboccipital release technique, diaphragmatic release.,mesentery release and Colonic manipulation were applied to the study group according to the patients' needs. The treatment program comprised a total of 3 sessions for 3 weeks at one session per week for an average of 50 minutes per session. Twenty patients in the second group (control ) took only analgesics during the three weeks.
Interventions
Osteopathic manipulative techniques including; suboccipital release technique,sacral release technique, diaphragmatic release, mesentery release, and Colonic manipulation
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
A randomized, controlled, parallel study
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
30 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Non-specific low back pain for more than 12 weeks
Exclusion criteria
* Malignant tumor * Pregnancy * Acute ischemic bowel disease, * Intestinal obstruction, * surgery in the last six months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The visual analog scale (VAS) | change from baseline to after 3 weeks | The patient determined the pain intensity on a 10 cm scale marked with points ranging from predetermined no pain and excruciating pain |
| The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) | change from baseline to after 3 weeks | (ODI) consists of 10 items on the degree of severity to which back (or leg) trouble has affected the ability to manage in everyday life. |
| Modified Schober's test (MST) | change from baseline to after 3 weeks | the participant stood erect while the lumbosacral junction was marked as indicated by the dimples of Venus. For measuring the MST, we put a mark 5 cm below and 10 cm above the junction. The participant was asked to bend forward as far as possible and the stretched distance of these two points was measured as the MST value. |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed