Lower Back Pain, Musculoskeletal Diseases or Conditions
Conditions
Keywords
Lower back pain, Non specific lower back pain
Brief summary
Lower back pain has been one of the most frequently occurring musculoskeletal disorder among the females. This act as a global burden and is highly prevalent in our society. This pain can result in life long disability, loss of function and mobility among individuals. The female of the society suffers from lower back pain the most because of the under lying causes, prolong standing and stooping as well as because of hormonal changes in their bodies
Detailed description
After studying the prevalence of the lower back pain among the females of Pakistan, the investogator find the need to assess the type of their pain and find out the best way to ease their pains. The motive was to develop a treatment protocol whose effects last longer and is inexpensive for the management of lower back pain. Moreover, the investigator decided to study that which treatment protocol is better when compared to another and what is the role of sham treatment when given to the patients.
Interventions
PROCEDURETherapy
Only Myofascial Release will be provided
PROCEDURETaping technique
Only Kinesiotaping will be provided
PROCEDURETherapy with taping
Myofascial release will be provided followed by Kinesiotaping
PROCEDURESHAM
Placebo Treatment will be given
Sponsors
University of Karachi
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Intervention model description
The study was a parallel group, four arm superiority trial with 1:1 allocation ratio and balanced randomization
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
28 Years to 38 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Females who were willing to participate. * Participants with nonspecific lower back pain will only be included and screened through the screening questionnaire.
Exclusion criteria
* Post-menopausal women * Females with any diagnosed co-morbidity. * Back pain progressive to any neurological deficit * Sustained or increased back pain with loss of appetite and unexplained weight loss accompanied with fever, nausea and chills * With any known spinal or lower back pathology * Tumor of the spine * Any underlying diseases of spinal cord (i.e, ankylosing spondylosis, spondolisthesis) * With any steroid therapy for lower back pain in the past three months * Any inflammatory rheumatic disease * Sensitive skin or any skin allergy or dermatological condition * Any rehabilitative services taken for the lower back pain in the past two months * Rejection to manual conatct
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Back Pain | Change from baseline to week 3 | Numeric Pain Rating Scale |
| Disability of lower back | Change from baseline to week 3 | Oswestry Disability Index |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Range of Motion | Change from baseline to week 3 | Flexion, Extension and Lateral Bending (L and R) |
| Pain Pressure Threshold | Change from baseline to week 3 | Algometer was used to check the pain pressure threshold of Thoraco lumbar fascia, Gluteus Medius, Gluteus Maximus and Tensor Fascia Latae |
| Tissue Hardness | Change from baseline to week 3 | Algometer was used to check the tissue hardness of Thoraco lumbar fascia, Gluteus Medius, Gluteus Maximus and Tensor Fascia Latae |
| Quality of Life of patients with Lower back pain | Change from baseline to week 3 | 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) |
Countries
Pakistan
Outcome results
None listed