NCT04498338

Neural Mobilization and Conventional Physical Therapy After Laminectomy

Effects of Neural Mobilization Augmented by Traditional Physical Therapy on Pain, Functional Disability and H-reflex in Patients After Lumbar Laminectomy: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 35 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of addition of neural mobilization to a standard post-operative physical therapy program in patients with lumbar laminectomy.

Detailed description

After Laminectomy, patients are suffering from many problems as pain, weakness. This study was conducted on two groups of patients who underwent lumbar Laminectomy as a surgical treatment for lumbar canal stenosis. The control group received TENS and strengthening exercises, while the study group received neural mobilization in addition to the program that was given to the control group. The outcome measures include pain intensity, nerve root compression and functional level which were measured pre-treatment and post-treatment through using visual analogue scale, H-reflex latency and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) respectively.

Conditions

• Laminectomy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Neural mobilization combined with conventional physical therapy program	Neural mobilization of sciatic nerve combined with TENs and exercise program applied 3 times/week for successive 6 weeks.
OTHER	Conventional physical therapy program	TENs and exercise program applied 3 times/week for successive 6 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-03-31
• Primary completion: 2020-02-27
• Completion: 2020-02-27
• First posted: 2020-08-04
• Last updated: 2020-08-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt