NCT07068334

Effects of FAKTR Therapy on Muscle Activity, Ankle Proprioception and Foot Biomechanics in OP With Low Back Pain

Effects of Functional and Kinetic Treatment With Rehabilitation (FAKTR) Therapy on Muscle Activity, Ankle Proprioception and Foot Biomechanics in Over Pronated Patients With Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Superior University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Low back pain is sometimes non-specific, leading to pain and spasm due to muscle imbalance causing changes in biomechanical properties, back and limb muscles, leading to dictating a significant association between low back pain and overpronation. FAKTR (functional and kinetic treatment with rehabilitation) Therapy employs this mobilization with proprioception and resistance treating these biomechanical changes.

Detailed description

This study aims to determine the effects of FAKTR (functional and kinetic treatment with rehabilitation) therapy on muscle activity, ankle proprioception and foot biomechanics on over-pronated foot in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. This study will be a Randomized Controlled trial and will be conducted on sample size of 60 patients, will be taken by consecutive sampling techniques. Patients will be randomly assigned into two groups.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
COMBINATION_PRODUCT	Traditional Physical Therapy	Short foot exercises. Towel-curl exercise. Heel raise exercise. Calf stretch.
COMBINATION_PRODUCT	Traditional Physical Therapy + FAKTR	Short foot exercises. Towel-curl exercise. Heel raise exercise. Calf stretch. FAKTR Functional and Kinematic Treatment with Rehabilitation) technique: The FAKTR (Functional and Kinematic Treatment with Rehabilitation) technique applied is a modified IASTM technique in the pain-provocative position (incorporating static positions, motions, functional movements, resistance, and proprioceptive positions).

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-04-17
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2025-07-16
• Last updated: 2025-07-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan