NCT05052840

Effects of Back Muscles Endurance Training in Patients With Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain

Effects of Back Muscles Endurance Training on Pain, Disability, Endurance and Lumbar Flexibility in Patients With Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28 (actual)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Low back pain is one the leading cause of disability and affecting many individuals. Chronic low back pain is associated with restriction in daily physical activities that ultimately leads to disuse atrophy of muscles. The objective of the study is to find out the effects of Back Muscles Endurance Training on pain, disability, endurance and Lumbar flexibility in patients with chronic mechanical low back pain.

Detailed description

Low back pain is the leading worldwide cause of years lost to disability and its burden is growing alongside the increasing and ageing population. Mechanical low back pain refers to back pain that arises intrinsically from the spine, intervertebral disks, or surrounding soft tissues. Repetitive trauma and overuse are common causes of chronic mechanical low back pain, which is often secondary to workplace injury. Most patients who experience activity-limiting low back pain go on to have recurrent episodes. Low back pain is a common condition affecting many individuals at some point in their lives. Chronic low back pain prevalence increases linearly from the third decade of life on, until the 60 years of age, being more prevalent in women.

Conditions

• Mechanical Low Back Pain
• Paraspinal Muscles
• Muscle Stretching Exercises

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Muscle endurance training (MET)	Experimental group will be given MET Program, stretching \& strengthening exercises and Hot packs (for 15 minutes). MET program will include warm up, endurance and cool down exercises. The warm up and cool down period will be consisted of 5-minute walking, and 10 repetitions of stretching exercises. Endurance exercises will consist of 4 levels.
OTHER	Conventional Treatment	Conventional treatment group will be given hot packs (for 15 minutes) and Strengthening \& stretching exercise program including: STRETCHING EXERCISES (lumbar extensor muscles, iliopsoas muscles, hamstring muscles, gastrocnemius muscles and pectoral muscles). STRENGTHENING EXERCISES (rectus abdominus crunch, oblique crunch, pelvic elevation, single leg pelvic elevation, lumbal spine extension, on hands and knees position with the raise of one leg, on hands and knees position with the raise of opposite arm and leg). Each exercise will be repeated 10 times.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-13
• Primary completion: 2022-02-13
• Completion: 2022-02-25
• First posted: 2021-09-22
• Last updated: 2022-04-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan