Hamstring Stretching Effective on Nonspecific Low Back Pain

NCT06837753 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Hamstring
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 46
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Low back pain is one of the most common complaints in the world and can be considered a universal health problem for humanity. Low back pain is a multifactorial disease with multiple etiologies. Risk factors are difficult to identify. It is reported in the literature that 70-80% of the world's population has low back pain at some point in their lives, and 95% of this pain is mechanical. Mechanical low back pain (MBA) can be described as a clinical picture that develops as a result of overuse, strain, traumatization or deformation of the structures that make up the spine. In order to define low back pain mechanically, all organic causes such as inflammatory, infectious, tumoral, metabolic causes, fractures and pain reflected from internal organs must be excluded. The most common diseases that cause low back pain are; They are caused by mechanical factors and degenerative diseases. Mechanical and static stresses can lead to joint blockage, restricting the range of motion of the joint along with pain. Non-Specific many factors affect low back pain. Kim and Shin reported that asymmetry of hip extension range of motion of both hip joints was associated with nonspecific low back pain rather than simple hip extension range of motion, and they found that limiting hip extension was compensatory.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Pain status

  Pain status Patients pain status were evaluated with VAS between 0 and 10 for low back pain during movement. (No pain at 0 points, severe pain at 10 points)

  0-8 week

• Flexibility assessment

  During Single Leg Raise, subjects were asked to indicate (by pushing a button) the beginning of pain or an unpleasant tension sensation in the dorsal part of the thigh off the knee. This first sensation of pain was recorded as a function of the pelvic-femoral angle. Subjects were also instructed to push the button and to say "stop" when they could no longer tolerate more movement or stretch; at that point, the leg raise was stopped. The stretch tolerance was defined by the extensibility of the hamstrings. Note that the subjects stopped the leg raise.

  0-8 week

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Functionality index

  0-8 week

• FUNCTIONAL STATUS

  0-8 week

Study Arms (2)

exercise group

EXPERIMENTAL

Exercise program and 3 way hamstring strech will be applied.

Other: Exercise

control group

OTHER

Just Exercise program will be applied.

Other: Exercise

Interventions

Exercise OTHER

It consist of traditional exercises.

control group; exercise group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Patients with complaints of low back pain,
• NLBP for at least 12 weeks,
• finger-to-ground distance greater than 0 cm; a passive straight-leg raising -(SLR) angle of less than 80°, measured with a hand-held goniometer;
• normal mobility of the hip;
• passive knee extension ≥25°,
• VAS score between 3 and 7 will be included.

You may not qualify if:

• People with a history of hamstring injury in the last two years,
• fractures in the spine or lower extremities,
• pregnancy,
• leg length difference of more than 2 cm,
• and obesity will be excluded from the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Biruni University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Eylül Pınar Kısa

Istanbul, Istanbul, 34720, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

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: Investigators

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 13, 2023
• First Posted: February 20, 2025
• Study Start: December 12, 2023
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2024
• Study Completion: August 10, 2024
• Last Updated: February 20, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)