NCT03972085

Neural Gliding Exercise for Low Back Pain

Comparison of Conservative Treatment With and Without Neural Gliding Exercise for Patients With Low Back Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 41 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kutahya Health Sciences University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Low back pain is a very common problem that causes pain, disability, gait and balance problems. Neurodynamic techniques is used for treatment of low back pain. The aim of the study is comparing the effects of electrotherapy and neural mobilization techniques on pain, functionality, gait and balance.

Detailed description

There are many physiotherapy modalities in the treatment of low back pain (LBP). Electrotherapy procedures, manual therapy techniques, kinesiotherapy and specific exercises are among those that are frequently used. In neural mobilization techniques, which began to gain popularity in 1990s, neural tissue and the surrounding structures are glided or tensioned to mobilize them. Neural mobilization is thought to have a positive effect on symptoms by inducing intraneural circulation, axoplasmic flow, and neural visco-elasticity and sensitivity associated with the connective tissue. There are studies in which this modality has yielded therapeutic success in terms of both pain and functionality, particularly in lumbar region and lower limb disorders where neural mechanosensitivity is increased.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Neural gliding exercises	Neural gliding exercises: In addition to the Electrotherapy procedure, patients were asked to actively perform knee extension, ankle dorsiflexion and head extension in the slumped posture followed by simultaneous ankle plantar flexion together with knee and head flexion (10 repetitions in 1 minute). Patients performed the exercises under a home-based program for 5 days of the week during a total period of 3 weeks. Electrotherapy sessions: Local Hot Pack (30 minutes), Chattanoga™ TENS (20 minutes, 80-180 Hz frequency, 50-100 wavelength) and Chattanoga™ ultrasound (1 Mhz frequency, 3 W/cm2 3 minutes) were applied for 5 days per week during a total period of 3 weeks. Subjects in ETG did not do any other exercise approach.
OTHER	Electrotherapy sessions	Electrotherapy sessions: Local Hot Pack (30 minutes), Chattanoga™ TENS (20 minutes, 80-180 Hz frequency, 50-100 wavelength) and Chattanoga™ ultrasound (1 Mhz frequency, 3 W/cm2 3 minutes) were applied for 5 days per week during a total period of 3 weeks. Subjects in ETG did not do any other exercise approach.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-02-01
• Primary completion: 2015-11-07
• Completion: 2015-11-30
• First posted: 2019-06-03
• Last updated: 2019-06-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)