An interventional study of Physiotherapy and Muscle Energy technique in Lordosis and Low Back Pain, sponsored by Dow University of Health Sciences. Completed at 1 site in Pakistan. Open to participants aged 30 Years to 55 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-27.
Sponsored by Dow University of Health Sciences · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) defines sub-acute low back pain as low back pain lasting between 4 and 12 weeks. There is insufficient evidence regarding the comparative effect of muscle energy technique and myofascial mobilization in the management of sub-acute non-specific low back pain with the tightness of quadratus lumborum and erector spinae muscles
A randomized experimental controlled trial will be carried out to compare the effectiveness of muscle energy technique and myofascial mobilization in the management of sub-acute non-specific low back pain. A total of 60 male and female volunteers having subjects with sub-acute nonspecific low back pain will be recruited in this study. Subjects will be assessed at baseline for pain and disability using Visual Analogue Scale and Ronald Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ 0-24) respectively. After baseline assessment, all subjects will be allocated to two groups through computer-generated random sampling. Group 1 will perform Muscle energy technique combined with conventional exercise; Group 2 will receive Myofascial Mobilization combined with conventional exercise. This study will be conducted at the Physiotherapy Department of Sindh Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (SIPM\&R). Data will be analyzed using SPSS 21 and ANCOVA technique will be used in this study.
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This study's enrollment of 60 is above the median of 39 across 18 interventional studies indexed under Lordosis.
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Following physiotherapy will be given to the participants in this group for 4 weeks, 3 times a week: 1. Muscle Energy Technique
Other: Physiotherapy · Other: Muscle Energy technique
Following physiotherapy will be given to the participants in this group for 4 weeks, 3 times a week: 1. Myofascial Mobilization
Other: Physiotherapy · Other: Myofacial mobilization
Conventional treatment consisted of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and Progressive Back Strengthening Exercise
Muscle Energy Technique (MET) is a technique that was developed in 1948 by Fred Mitchell, Sr, D.O\[1\]. It is a form of manual therapy, widely used in Osteopathy, that uses a muscle's own energy in the form of gentle isometric contractions to relax the muscles via autogenic or reciprocal inhibition and lengthen the muscle.
It is a type of gentle, constant massage that releases tightness and pain throughout your myofascial tissues
Visual Analogue Scale
The visual analogue scale is used for measurement of pain intensity. It is a continuous scale. It comprises a horizontal or vertical 10 centimeters or 100 millimeters line. The participant is asked to indicate a point of pain intensity by placing a line perpendicular to the Visual analogue scale line. The scale is most commonly referred by "no pain" with score of 0 and "worst imaginable pain" with score of 100 on the scale. The higher scores shows higher pain intensity and lower scores shows lower pain intensity.
Time frame: Change from baseline pain intensity at 4 weeks
Rolland Morris Disability Questionnaire
It is a standard questionnaire with questions regarding pain and the disabling effect on daily activities. Its score ranges from 0 to 24 (no disability to maximum disability)
Time frame: Change from baseline functional disability at 4 weeks
Plan to share: No
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