Lumber Stabilization Exercise Versus Back Endurance Exercise Among Female University Students

NCT07163117 | Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: 7419
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Low Back Pain (LBP) as estimates show that up to 84% of adults will experience LBP at some point in their lifetime, ranking it as a leading cause of disability globally. If the pain lasts more than 12 weeks and remains difficult to manage effectively, it can be called Chronic low back pain (CLBP). Physical therapy interventions play an important role in the non-pharmacological management of CLBP including lumbar stabilization exercises (LSEs) and back extension/endurance exercises which are commonly prescribed modalities that may help in improving the spinal function, reducing pain and improving the quality of life in general.

Conditions

Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP)

Keywords

stabilization exercises; range of motion; endurance training; lumber spine

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Spinal range of motion (ROM)

  Two inclinometers will be used. One placed at T12-L1 (thoracic 12- lumbar 1) and another placed at L5-S1 (lumbar 5-sacrum 1), respectively.

  4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Trunk Endurance

  4 weeks

Study Arms (3)

Group A (Lumbar stabilization group)

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will receive lumbar stabilization exercises in addition to home based program two times per week for four consecutive weeks.

Other: lumbar stabilization exercises; Other: Home based program

Group B (Trunk endurance)

EXPERIMENTAL

This group will receive trunk endurance exercises for back flexors and extensors in addition to home based program two times per week for four consecutive weeks.

Other: endurance training; Other: Home based program

Group C (control group)

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

This group will receive home based program two times per week for four consecutive weeks.

Other: Home based program

Interventions

lumbar stabilization exercises OTHER

The participants required to be in a prone position with pillow under abdomen, first raise one leg then the other leg, raise one arm then the other arm, after that raise two legs together, then raise two arms together, raise right arm with left leg then left arm with right leg, then raise both arms and both legs together, every position hold for 20 seconds. Then they required to be in a half kneeling on standing for right leg hold for 20 second and repeat for other leg, do it again but their knees doesn't touch the ground. Finally they required to lie on their backs, and bend their knees at around a 90 degree angle. Place their hands to their sides and their feet flat on the floor at about shoulder width and asked to raise their hips off the floor, hold 20 second.

Group A (Lumbar stabilization group)

endurance training OTHER

1. Back extensor endurance training exercise: The participants lay prone over the end of a treatment table with the anterior superior iliac spine supported on the bench edge. Their ankles were fixed by the researcher. They maintained the horizontal position for as long as possible, beginning timing when the horizontal unsupported position was achieved and ending when they dropped below the horizontal plane. The duration of holding was measured in seconds. 2. Back flexor endurance training exercise: The participants asked to sit on the table with your arms crossed against their chest and their back against the wedge. Fix them to the table with a belt across the feet. They asked to remove the wedge from their back using the timing device to record how much time is accumulated until the original position can no longer be maintained.

Group B (Trunk endurance)

Home based program OTHER

General and similar exercises for back muscles introduced for this group. They instructed to do knee to chest stretch, lower back rotational stretch, bridge exercise. The required measure data were obtained from the selected cases in this group before and after the end of rehabilitation program.

Group A (Lumbar stabilization group); Group B (Trunk endurance); Group C (control group)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 24 Years
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• BMI ranged from 28 to 29 kg/ cm2.
• clinically diagnosed by an orthopedic consultant as having a history of mechanical low back pain for at least three months.

You may not qualify if:

• Previous trauma.
• Previous surgery.
• Any musculoskeletal disorder
• Any neurological disorder (disc prolapse, or spondylosis)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University

Cairo, Egypt

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Endurance Training

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Exercise Therapy; Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Physical Conditioning, Human; Exercise; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Central Study Contacts

Nesma M Allam, PhD

CONTACT

01281968332; dr.nesma2011@yahoo.com

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: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor of physical therapy for surgery, Faculty of physical therapy

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 1, 2025
• First Posted: September 9, 2025
• Study Start: September 9, 2025
• Primary Completion: December 15, 2025
• Study Completion: January 15, 2026
• Last Updated: September 15, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: 6 months after publication

Locations

EG (1)