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Mobilization for Post Partum Low Back Pain

NCT02088463 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2016-04-15

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Summary

The study was conducted to the following purposes

1. To investigate the effect of lumbar mobilization on muscle activity in postpartum mechanical low back pain.
2. To investigate the effect of lumbar mobilization on pain intensity in postpartum mechanical low back pain patients.
3. To investigate the effect lumbar mobilization on functional disability in postpartum mechanical low back pain patients.
4. To compare between the effects of lumbar mobilization, tactile stimulation (placebo treatment) and traditional treatment in postpartum mechanical low back pain patients.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain, Mechanical

Interventions

PROCEDURE

mobilization (manual therapy)

mobilization is one of the manual therapy or treatments with the application of a gentle oscillatory passive movement to the spinal region specifically at the level of L3 in this study at the posterio-anterior direction.

PROCEDURE

Placebo mobilization

placebo mobilization is a tactile stimulation at the same level L3 without application of any force.

DEVICE

Ultrasound and infrared devices

ultrasound and infrared are the traditional treatment for low back pain , they are electrical modalities used in the field of physiotherapy to decrease the inflammation and the pain in musculoskeletal systems

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dalia Shewitta, PhD · Assocciate Professor of Physical Therapy

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-12-31
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-10-31

Countries

  • Egypt

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