Compare Effects of Ultrasound Therapy With High Intensity Laser Therapy for Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation.

NCT05261815 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: REC-FSD-00244
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to assess and compare the effects of ultrasound therapy and High Intensity Laser Therapy, as the treatment option in case of lumbar disc herniation.

Conditions

Disk Herniated Lumbar

Keywords

High Intensity Laser Therapy; Ultrasound Therapy; Lumbar; Disc Herniation.; Randomized Control Trial; Comparison

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Visual Analogue Scale

  A Visual Analogue Scale is a measurement instrument that tries to measure a characteristic or attitude that is believed to range across a continuum of values and cannot easily be directly measured. It is often used in epidemiologic and clinical research to measure the intensity or frequency of various symptoms.

  12th Week

• Oswestry low back pain questionnaire

  The Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire is an extremely important tool that researchers and disability evaluators use to measure a patient's permanent functional disability. The test is considered the 'gold standard' of low back functional outcome tools

  12th Week

Study Arms (2)

Ultrasound therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

* Continuous ultrasound therapy for 15 minutes * Traction for 30 minutes * Spinal decompression exercises for 20 min

Other: Ultrasound Therapy

High Intensity Laser Therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

* High intensity laser for 10 minutes * Traction for 30 minutes * Spinal decompression exercises for 20 min

Other: High Intensity Laser Therapy

Interventions

Ultrasound Therapy OTHER

Ultrasound Therapy improves the pain management in patients with herniation. It eases down the severity of symptoms as well.

Ultrasound therapy

High Intensity Laser Therapy OTHER

Treatment of low disc herniation should be non-surgical, pharmacological and by physical therapy modalities. Laser radiation with high intensity used as a modality called high intensity laser therapy. It is used to relieve the pain by three process; Photo-chemical, Photo-thermal, Photo-mechanical. High Intensity Laser Therapy uses high intensity laser irradiation and low light absorption.

High Intensity Laser Therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patient above age 18 and adult
• Patient with lumbar disc herniation diagnosed by MRI
• Patient with no history of trauma and congenital abnormalities

You may not qualify if:

• If patient received anesthesia or corticosteroid within 4 week
• Patient with osteoporosis
• Patient with surgery or previous fracture of spinal stenosis
• A history of acute trauma like osteoarthritis, myofascial pain syndrome, inflammatory rheumatic disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2, thyroid dysfunction, obesity, pacemaker, neurological pathologies and anxious- depressive syndrome.
• Pregnant women

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Riphah International University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ripah International University

Faisalabad, Punjab Province, 38000, Pakistan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Intervertebral Disc Displacement

Interventions

Ultrasonic Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Spinal Diseases; Bone Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Hernia; Pathological Conditions, Anatomical; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Diathermy; Hyperthermia, Induced; Therapeutics

Study Officials

• Muhammad Kashif

  Riphah International University

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: The study would be double blinded as participants and assessors of the study would be kept blind of the treatment group to which the participant will be allocated.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 20, 2022
• First Posted: March 2, 2022
• Study Start: March 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: March 25, 2022
• Study Completion: March 31, 2022
• Last Updated: June 22, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (1)