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IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF SUSTAINED NATURAL APOPHYSEAL GLIDE ON BALANCE AND PAIN IN CHRONIC NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN

Immediate effect of sustained natural apophyseal glide (SNAG) on balance and pain in chronic non-specific low back pain

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR201811496048196
Enrollment
30
Registered
2018-11-29
Start date
2018-04-09
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Interventions

Immediate effect of SNAG
sham comparator

Sponsors

Cairo university
Lead Sponsor
Misr university for science and technology
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Patients suffering from continuous or intermittent pain for 3 months or more. • Pain with no obvious organic or pathological cause. • Patients were eligible to Mulligan SNAG

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Back pain due to a definite cause such as: Radicular pain, disc herniation, spinal stenosis, serious spinal complications, arthritis, degenerative joint diseases, disk lesion, inflammation and facet joint disease. • Obese patients with body mass index (BMI) above 28 kg/m2, • pregnant females • Balance problems due to vestibular or visual systems • Patient who received physical therapy through the last 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
investigating the immediate effect of mulligan SNAG technique on balance in patients with chronic non specific low back pain ,so i measured the postural stability through static balance of both limb stance and dynamic balance of both limb stance and other dynamic balance testing of single limb stance .

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
investigating the immediate effect of mulligan SNAG on pain intensity in patients with chronic non specific low back pain

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Public Contactneveen abdel raoof

vice dean faculty of physical therapy Cairo university

nevein.abdellatif@pt.cu.edu.eg+201064615553

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026