Effect of Core Stability Exercises and Russian Electrical Stimulation in Non-specific Low Back Pain

Effect of Core Stability Exercises and Russian Electrical Stimulation in Non-specific Low Back Pain (Randomized Control Trail)

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06495099

Enrollment

Registered

2024-07-10

Start date

2024-03-10

Completion date

2024-07-31

Last updated

2025-06-26

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Conditions

Low Back Pain

Brief summary

Brief Summary: Low back pain (LBP) is an important public health problem due to the increasing world population and aging. In chronic LBP, exercise therapy is among the first-line treatments. Core stabilization exercises (CSE), one of the motor control exercises, focus on the activation and control of the deep spinal muscles. Recently, some studies have shown that Russian electrical stimulation alone or combined with exercise can provide contraction in deep stabilizer muscles and significantly reduce pain in patients with LBP

Interventions

OTHERRussian electrical stimulation

Type of Medium frequency current with 2500 Hz frequency modulated at 50 Hz with 50% Duty cycle training protocol is (10 sec. on time - 50 sec. off time - 10 minutes total time)

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE (Subject, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* The duration of the disease is more than 3 months with pain scores greater than four in the VAS disability score of 19% or greater as evident from the modified oswestry disability.

Exclusion criteria

* Neurological or musculoskeletal diseases that affect lumbar spine (e.g: lumbar spondylosis, spondylolisthesis, and lumbar disc injuries) * women during pregnancy and lactation. * History of lumbar spine surgery. * Signs of lumbar radiculopathy or myelopathy. * Signs of serious pathology (e.g., malignancy, inflammatory disorders, infection

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pain scoring	6 weeks	pain measured by VAS tool, 0 the least pain while 10 the highest one
Quality of life by using Oswestry Disability Index (OID)	6 weeks	questioner, Score from 0 to 19% indicate minimal disability- 20 to 39% represent moderate disability- 40 to 59% represent severe disability- 60 to 79% represent crippled disability- and scores from 80 to 100% represents patients that are confined to bed

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Muscle thickness assessment	6 weeks	Ultrasonography
Stability and mobility of spine	6 weeks	Spinal mouse assessment spinal vertebrate from 7th cervical vertebrae to 3rd sacral vertebrae

Countries

Egypt

Outcome results

None listed

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