Neural Gliding Exercise for Low Back Pain

NCT03972085 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 80558721/153-002
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 41
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Low back pain is a very common problem that causes pain, disability, gait and balance problems. Neurodynamic techniques is used for treatment of low back pain. The aim of the study is comparing the effects of electrotherapy and neural mobilization techniques on pain, functionality, gait and balance.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Keywords

Low Back Pain; Neurodynamics

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain levels

  The VAS was used to assess the participants' pain levels. In the VAS, patients are asked to mark the severity of their pain on a scale from 0 to 10. The VAS ranges from '0' representing no pain and '10' representing the worst pain.

  3 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Oswestry Disability Index

  3 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Group 1

EXPERIMENTAL

Patient received neural gliding exercises in addition electrotehrapy sessions.

Other: Neural gliding exercises; Other: Electrotherapy sessions

Group 2

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Patient received only electrotherapy sessions

Other: Electrotherapy sessions

Interventions

Neural gliding exercises OTHER

Neural gliding exercises: In addition to the Electrotherapy procedure, patients were asked to actively perform knee extension, ankle dorsiflexion and head extension in the slumped posture followed by simultaneous ankle plantar flexion together with knee and head flexion (10 repetitions in 1 minute). Patients performed the exercises under a home-based program for 5 days of the week during a total period of 3 weeks. Electrotherapy sessions: Local Hot Pack (30 minutes), Chattanoga™ TENS (20 minutes, 80-180 Hz frequency, 50-100 wavelength) and Chattanoga™ ultrasound (1 Mhz frequency, 3 W/cm2 3 minutes) were applied for 5 days per week during a total period of 3 weeks. Subjects in ETG did not do any other exercise approach.

Also known as: Electrotherapy sessions

Group 1

Electrotherapy sessions OTHER

Electrotherapy sessions: Local Hot Pack (30 minutes), Chattanoga™ TENS (20 minutes, 80-180 Hz frequency, 50-100 wavelength) and Chattanoga™ ultrasound (1 Mhz frequency, 3 W/cm2 3 minutes) were applied for 5 days per week during a total period of 3 weeks. Subjects in ETG did not do any other exercise approach.

Group 1; Group 2

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Subjects scoring below 70 degrees in the straight leg raise test
• received no physiotherapy until at least 6 months before initial evaluation

You may not qualify if:

• subjects who were unable to walk independently,
• who had systemic diseases besides LBP,
• who underwent spinal and lower limb surgery,
• who scored above 70 degrees in the straight leg raise test,
• used analgesics within 48 hours before initial evaluation were excluded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kutahya Health Sciences University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kutahya Health Science University

Kütahya, Center, 43000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Back Pain; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 28, 2019
• First Posted: June 3, 2019
• Study Start: February 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: November 7, 2015
• Study Completion: November 30, 2015
• Last Updated: June 3, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)