Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT05059249
Effects of Mechanical Versus Manual Traction in the Management of Low Back Pain.
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 48 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Foundation University Islamabad · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 20 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This study compared the effects of mechanical and manual traction on pain, disability and lumbar spinal curvature in patients with discogenic low back pain
Conditions
- Low Back Pain
- Low Back Pain, Mechanical
- Disc Degeneration
- Disc Prolapse
- Disc Prolapse With Radiculopathy
- Lumbar Radiculopathy
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PROCEDURE | Hot Pack | Superficial Heating |
| PROCEDURE | Manual Traction | Manual Traction for 10 minutes |
| PROCEDURE | Mechanical Traction | Mechanical Traction for 10 minutes |
| PROCEDURE | Joint Mobilization | 3 sets of slow gentle segmental mobilizations (unilateral and posterior-anterior) with at least 10 to 15 repetitions |
| PROCEDURE | TENS | TENS for 10 minutes with hot pack |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2019-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-12-30
- Completion
- 2020-01-30
- First posted
- 2021-09-28
- Last updated
- 2021-09-28
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Pakistan
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05059249. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.