Sciatic Vs Femoral Nerve Mobilization With Electrical Muscle Stimulation for Treatment of Low Back Pain

NCT07015606 | Not Yet Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: ShalmarIHS
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 42
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

to determine the therapeutic effectiveness of sciatic nerve mobilization compared to femoral nerve mobilization along with electrical stimulation in promoting functional recovery and alleviating symptoms in patients with low back pain and to reveal which one is more effective for pain relief and functional improvement in low back pain patients.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Keywords

Low Back Pain (LBP)

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Visual analog scale (VAS)

  Pain intensity was further measured using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), ranging from 0 mm (no pain) to 100 mm (worst imaginable pain). VAS scores were categorized as follows: 0-4 mm indicating no pain, 5-44 mm mild pain, 45-74 mm moderate pain, and 75-100 mm severe pain.21

  8 WEEKS

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Oswestry disability index (ODI)

  8 WEEKS

• Goniometer for range of motion (ROM)

  8 WEEKS

• EuroQol 5 Dimension Questionnaire (EQ-5D)

  8 WEEKS

Study Arms (2)

Sciatic nerve mobilization with Electrical Muscle Stimulation

OTHER

Each patient will receive therapeutic sessions over 2 weeks (3 sessions per week), with total of 6 sessions. The repetition of mobilization will be 10 times for 2 sets with 2 minutes rest in between the sets. Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) device was applied at a pulse frequency of 100 Hz. Placement of 2 surface electrodes will be used for stimulation over a session period of 15 minutes.

Other: Sciatic nerve mobilization with EMS

Femoral neural mobilization with Electrical Muscle Stimulation

OTHER

Each patient will receive therapeutic sessions over 2 weeks (3 sessions per week), with total of 6 sessions. The repetition of mobilization will be 10 times for 2 sets with 2 minutes rest in between the sets. Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) device was applied at a pulse frequency of 100 Hz. Placement of 2 surface electrodes will be used for stimulation over a session period of 15 minutes.

Other: Femoral neural mobilization with EMS

Interventions

Sciatic nerve mobilization with EMS OTHER

Patients in both groups will receive electrical muscle stimulation. In addition, the group A will receive sciatic neural mobilization and group B will receive femoral neural mobilization. Patients were not allowed to take medication for pain during the study or to receive any other form of treatment outside the study. EMS device was applied at a pulse frequency of 100 Hz. Placement of 2 surface electrodes will be used for stimulation over a session period of 15 minutes. The repetition of mobilization will be 10 times for 2 sets with 2 minutes rest in between the sets. The frequency of Electrical muscle stimulation and the duration of neural mobilization will be increased after every session up to 10 Hz and 3 mints respectively.

Sciatic nerve mobilization with Electrical Muscle Stimulation

Femoral neural mobilization with EMS OTHER

Patients in both groups will receive electrical muscle stimulation. In addition, the group A will receive sciatic neural mobilization and group B will receive femoral neural mobilization. Patients were not allowed to take medication for pain during the study or to receive any other form of treatment outside the study. EMS device was applied at a pulse frequency of 100 Hz. Placement of 2 surface electrodes will be used for stimulation over a session period of 15 minutes. The repetition of mobilization will be 10 times for 2 sets with 2 minutes rest in between the sets. The frequency of Electrical muscle stimulation and the duration of neural mobilization will be increased after every session up to 10 Hz and 3 mints respectively.

Femoral neural mobilization with Electrical Muscle Stimulation

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 50 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Age between 20-50 years
• Radiating pain pattern
• Muscular pain pattern
• Negative sensory and motor neural examination
• Patients with peripheral nerve sensitization were included if they were adults and had leg pain duration of \< 3 months(8)
• VAS Score between 4 and 8
• Positive findings of tests like thigh thrust, Patrick's Faber test, Gaenslen's test, modified Trendelenburg's test and Slump test.

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnancy
• Post-partum females
• Serious spinal pathology
• Sensory and motor deficient
• History of back and lower extremity surgery
• Patients with contraindication to Electrical Stimulation
• Any serious kind of co-morbidities like malignancy, infections
• Any kind of disability

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Shalamar Institute of Health Sciences: lead

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, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 3, 2025
• First Posted: June 11, 2025
• Study Start: August 28, 2025
• Primary Completion: November 10, 2025
• Study Completion: November 29, 2025
• Last Updated: June 15, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-06