NCT07041476

HYBRID TELE-REHABILITATION VERSUS CLINIC-BASED THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH LUMBAR RADICULOPATHY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ahmed Adel Eid · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A single blinded clinical randomized trial. A single blinded trained investigator examined all patients and collect all data to eliminate inter- investigator error. Patients will be divided according to the treatment procedure into two groups equal in numbers to investigate a comparative effect of hybrid tele-rehabilitation to clinic- based therapy in patients with lumbar radiculopathy.

Detailed description

All patients will sign an informed consent form after receiving information on the purpose of the study, procedure, and possible benefits and risks, privacy and use of data. All patients will be evaluated before training and at the end of the six-week training period with the handheld dynamometry unit for the trunk flexor and extensor muscle strength, Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) for pain, Oswestry disability index (ODI) for function, Fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire (FABQ) for psychological status and Straight leg raise test (SLR) for sciatic nerve sensitivity.

Conditions

• Lumbar Disc Prolapse With Radiculopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise	lumbar stabilisation exercises, Mackenzie exercises and neural mobilisation exercises
OTHER	telemedicine	Tele-rehabilitation will be achieved through a video conference (VC) via the internet platform Zoom at the time and day decided upon with the therapist and the patient

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-30
• Primary completion: 2025-09-30
• Completion: 2025-09-30
• First posted: 2025-06-27
• Last updated: 2026-03-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt