Core Muscle Response to Backward Walking in Patients With Non Specific Low Back Pain

NCT05687695 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: P.T.REC/012/003264
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 45
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

evaluation of core muscles endurance and strength following backward walking training programe

Conditions

Non-specific Low Back Pain

Keywords

NSLBP

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in trunk flexors, extensors and hip extensors, abductors muscles strength

  concentric peak torque of trunk flexors and extensors and hip extensors and abductors

  measured twice before and after 6 weeks of intervention

• Change in core muscles endurance

  core muscles endurance assessed by McGill endurance tests

  measured twice before and after 6 weeks of intervention

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change in pain severity assessed by visual analogue scale

  measured twice before and after 6 weeks of intervention

• Change in pain related disability and quality of life

  measured twice before and after 6 weeks of intervention

Study Arms (3)

backward walking training group

EXPERIMENTAL

six weeks of backward walking training program 3 times per week

Other: backward walking program

core training group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

six weeks of core training 3 times per week

Other: core training

control group

NO INTERVENTION

patients will not receive any intervention for six weeks

Interventions

backward walking program OTHER

six weeks of backward walking program at self selected speed for 30 minutes 3 times per week

backward walking training group

core training OTHER

six weeks of core training program including curl up, lateral plank on both sides, bird dog exercises done 3 times per week

core training group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: there is gender related difference in the incidence of low back pain
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Participants will be included if they have a history of LBP for more than 6 weeks before the study, or experienced at least 3 episodes of LBP each lasting more than one week, during the year before the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Participants will be excluded if they have:
• LBP as a result of a specific spinal condition (e.g. spondylolisthesis, or spinal stenosis).
• Previous abdominal or spinal surgery.
• Serious spinal conditions (e.g., vertebral fracture, tumor or infection).
• Severe musculoskeletal deformity (scoliosis or kyphosis).
• Inflammatory disorders (e.g. Rheumatoid arthritis).
• Radicular symptoms consistent with a disc herniation, or cauda equina syndrome.
• Pain and dysfunction in the upper and lower extremity that would interfere with testing.
• Current pregnancy.
• Marked leg length discrepancy greater than 2 cm.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Giza, Dokki, 12613, Egypt

Location

Study Officials

• Salam M Elhafez, Professor

  Cairo University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: assistant lecturer of biomechanics

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 22, 2022
• First Posted: January 18, 2023
• Study Start: January 8, 2023
• Primary Completion: August 20, 2023
• Study Completion: August 20, 2023
• Last Updated: August 30, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)