NCT03621878

Effect of Neural Mobilization on Lumbosacral Radiculopathy Patients With Peripheral Sensitization

Effect of Neural Mobilization Techniques on Pain, and Hip and Knee Range of Motion on Lumbosacral Radiculopathy Patients With Peripheral Sensitization

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 51 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mohammed Al-Ghamdi · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of slider and tensioner techniques on pain, hip and knee ROM in lumbosacral radiculopathy patients with peripheral sensitization. A secondary purpose was to evaluate the correlation between these outcomes measurements.

Detailed description

Study design: Double-blind case-control trial. Methods: Fifty-one male lumbosacral radiculopathy patients with peripheral sensitization, were divided into one of the three groups: slider, tensioner, and control. The primary outcome measurements were visual analog scale (VAS) for pain, hip range of motion (ROM) during SLR test, and knee flexion ROM during slump test. The measurements were taken at baseline, after 1st, 3rd, and 6th session. Statistical Analysis: A two-way mixed design analysis of variance (MANOVA) with post-hoc (Bonferonni Correction) was used to calculate the differences with Time (baseline, 1st,3rd,6th sessions) as a within-group factor and Group (control, slider, and tensioner) as a between-group factor. The effect size was calculated with Cohen's d. Pearson's correlation was used for correlation analysis.

Conditions

• Radiculopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Neural mobilization exercises -Tensioner technique	Exercise aiming to lengthen the neural structure using more than one joint.
OTHER	Neural mobilization exercises -Slider technique	Exercise aiming to slide/glide the neural structure using more than one joint.
OTHER	Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)	Electrotherapy device aiming to decrease patient's symptoms.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-07-01
• Primary completion: 2017-11-28
• Completion: 2018-03-30
• First posted: 2018-08-09
• Last updated: 2023-03-01
• Results posted: 2019-07-22