Low Back Pain, Low Back Pain, Mechanical, Disc Degeneration, Disc Prolapse, Disc Prolapse With Radiculopathy, Lumbar Radiculopathy
Conditions
Brief summary
This study compared the effects of mechanical and manual traction on pain, disability and lumbar spinal curvature in patients with discogenic low back pain
Interventions
PROCEDUREHot Pack
Superficial Heating
PROCEDUREManual Traction
Manual Traction for 10 minutes
PROCEDUREMechanical Traction
Mechanical Traction for 10 minutes
PROCEDUREJoint Mobilization
3 sets of slow gentle segmental mobilizations (unilateral and posterior-anterior) with at least 10 to 15 repetitions
PROCEDURETENS
TENS for 10 minutes with hot pack
Sponsors
Foundation University Islamabad
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with discogenic low back pain, * Patients of both genders * Age ranges from 20 to 60 years * NPRS \> 5
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with non-mechanical back pain * Patients with known metabolic diseases, * Osteoporotic patients, * Recent history of spinal trauma or surgery, * Lumbar myelopathy, * Cauda equine syndrome.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Numeric Pain Rating Scale | 6 weeks | Changes from base Line Numeric Pain rating scale is a scale for pain starting from 0-10. Where 0 indicate no pain and 10 indicate severe pain. |
| Oswestry disability index | 6 weeks | Changes from base line The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is an index derived from the Oswestry Low Back Pain Questionnaire used by clinicians and researchers to quantify disability for low back pain. Each topic category is followed by 6 statements describing different potential scenarios in the patient's life relating to the topic. The patient then checks the statement which most closely resembles their situation. Each question is scored on a scale of 0-5 with the first statement being zero and indicating the least amount of disability and the last statement is scored 5 indicating most severe disability. The scores for all questions answered are summed, then multiplied by two to obtain the index (range 0 to 100). Zero is equated with no disability and 100 is the maximum disability possible. |
Countries
Pakistan
Outcome results
None listed