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

NCT06495099 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: physio 224
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Pain scoring

  pain measured by VAS tool, 0 the least pain while 10 the highest one

  6 weeks

• Quality of life by using Oswestry Disability Index (OID)

  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

  6 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Muscle thickness assessment

  6 weeks

• Stability and mobility of spine

  6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

group A

EXPERIMENTAL

The training group A will be treated by core stability exercises and Russian electrical stimulation

Other: Russian electrical stimulation

group B

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The training group B will be treated by core stability exercises.

Other: Russian electrical stimulation

Interventions

Russian electrical stimulation OTHER

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)

group A; group B

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Deraya University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Deraya university

Minya, 05673, Egypt

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: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 2, 2024
• First Posted: July 10, 2024
• Study Start: March 10, 2024
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2024
• Study Completion: July 31, 2024
• Last Updated: June 26, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

EG (1)