NCT06634550

Effect of Mulligan Technique Versus Core Stability Exercises on Low Back Pain in Post Menopausal Women

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 50 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will be conducted to compare the effect of Mulligan technique and core stability exercises on low back pain in post menopausal women.

Detailed description

Low back pain is a major health problem affecting majority of the people at some point of their life. Mulligan techniques can correct positional faults that occur in the spine and, thus, once the pain generator is released, normal function returns and the muscle guarding around the affected joint is resolved. Several studies have reported that along with the biomechanical changes, certain neurophysiological changes exist that occur at the spinal level after applying Mulligan techniques, including changes in descending pain inhibitory systems and changes in central pain processing mechanisms. Core stability exercises are usually used to strengthen the muscles around the abdominal, lumbar, and pelvic regions, because the muscles of these regions play an important role in stability as well as in controlling the lumbar posture by using tonic or postural muscles during whole-body exercises. So, this study will be conducted to provide new evidence and information about the efficacy of Mulligan technique versus core stability exercises on low back pain in postmenopausal women, to manage this problem for these women and add new information to the field of physical therapy.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Mulligan technique	The participants will receive Mulligan technique (modified SNAGs) (10 rep. / 3 sets with 5 min rest in between) for 30 minutes, 3 sessions / week in addition to lifestyle modification advice for 4 weeks.
OTHER	Core stability exercise	The participants will perform core stability exercises (spinus multifiduse ex, diaphragmatic strengthening ex, frontal plank, pelvic floor ex,) 3 sessions / week for 30 min each session in addition to lifestyle modification advice for 4 weeks
OTHER	Lifestyle modification advice	The participants will receive lifestyle modification advice only for 4 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-15
• Primary completion: 2025-01-15
• Completion: 2025-01-30
• First posted: 2024-10-10
• Last updated: 2024-10-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt