Effect of Pulsed Magnetic Therapy Versus Phonophoresis in Discogenic Lumbar Radiculopathy Patients

Effect of Pulsed Magnetic Therapy Versus Phonophoresis on Sciatic Nerve Cross Section Measured by Ultrasonography in Discogenic Lumbar Radiculopathy Patients

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06296303

Enrollment

Registered

2024-03-06

Start date

2024-03-03

Completion date

2024-06-30

Last updated

2024-03-06

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Conditions

Lumbar Radiculopathy

Brief summary

Purposes of the study To investigate the effect of pulsed magnetic therapy versus phonophoresis in discogenic lumbar radiculopathy patients

Detailed description

Patients will be randomized into either pulsed magnetic therapy group or phonophoresis group. Patients will receive the intervention for six weeks. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and post-intervention.

Interventions

OTHERPulsed electromagnetic therapy

Pulsed etromagnetic therapy (1000 gauss) on sciatic nerve in gluteal fold. ( 30 min )

OTHERUltrasound phonophoresis

Phonophoresis using dexamethasone and topical diclofenac sodium gel on sciatic nerve in subgluteal fold and mid thigh

OTHERConventional physical therapy

Conventional physical therapy consisting of 1. IF current on lumbar spine. (15 min ) 2. Hotpack on lumbar spine . (15 min ) 3. Neurodynamic mobilization . 4. Mobilization and manipulation for lumbar spine. 5. Exercises

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 45 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patient age ranges from 20 -45 * Unilateral chronic lumbosacral radiculopathy * Intervertebral disc herniation confirmed by MRI * one of the following : 1. H- reflex amplitude side to side difference 0.67 in absence of latency difference. 2. H- reflex amplitude side to side difference smaller than 0.5 in p of latency difference. 3 - Side to side H- reflex latency difference more than 1 msec. 4- Prolonged H-reflex latency more than 30 msec.

Exclusion criteria

* Systematic disease * Lumbar canal stenosis * Pervious surgeries * Scoliosis * Kyphosis * Spinal fracture * Bilateral symptoms * Steroid injection

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pain	Change from Baseline pain and function at 6 weeks	Visual analogue scale
Disability	Change from Baseline pain and function at 6 weeks	Oswestry disability index
Sciatic nerve cross sectional area	Change from Baseline pain and function at 6 weeks	Diagnostic Ultrasound

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
H-reflex amplitude	Change from Baseline pain and function at 6 weeks	by EMG unit
H-reflex side-to-side amplitude (H/H) ratio	Change from Baseline pain and function at 6 weeks	by EMG unit

Contacts

Primary ContactMohamed Badr Hassanein, MSc

10722016464064@pg.cu.edu.eg+20 114 225 3884

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026