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Therapeutic Exercises and Educational Sessions After Microdiscectomy for Disc Herniation

NCT04144452 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2019-10-31

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Summary

The basic purpose of current research is to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of therapeutic exercises and educational sessions after microdiscectomy through Minimally Invasive Surgery for disc herniation. A Randomized trial will be conducted on 60 patients from Ghurki hospital , divided into two groups. Simple random sampling will be utilized as sampling strategy. Assessment of physical activities of daily living and quality of life will be performed before and after 8 weeks of post intervention surgery through Oswestry Disability Index, Physical activity survey , SF 36 and Subjective Quality of Life scale respectively . A follow up assessment will be performed after 6 months. Analysis will be done through SPSS 21.

Conditions

  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
  • Disk, Herniated

Interventions

OTHER

Patient Education Session

The intervention of Patient Education will be designed individually according to the patient's need who have undergone lumbar microdiscectomy procedure through MIS. The basic purpose of the educational session will be to inform the participants about their pre operative and current back condition and discuss methods to care for their back. The session will be given for one hour and face to face interaction will be ensured twice a week. Initially the post operative education plan and instructions will be formulated, reviewed and finalized by the operating surgeon.

OTHER

Therapeutic Exercise plus educational session

Therapeutic exercises include strength and endurance training and mat exercises. Strengthening exercises of the trunk extensors will be initiated first and then endurance exercises will be targeted. Mat exercises will be performed to strengthen the back and lower musculature. Treatment will be given twice a week for almost three months. Individualized educational sessions will be performed in the same way as conducted in the other group. Progression of the exercises and the rest periods will be incorporated according to the status of patient.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ghurki Trust and Teaching Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Professor Amer Aziz · Ghurki Trust and Teaching Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-12-20
Primary Completion
2019-04-15
Completion
2019-05-01

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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