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The Effects of Spinal Mobilization Added to an Exercise Program in Recreational Tennis Players With Mechanical Low Back Pain

NCT07573254 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2026-05-07

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Summary

This prospective, single-blind, randomized controlled trial investigates whether the addition of spinal mobilization to a structured home exercise program improves pain, flexibility, lower-extremity strength, dynamic balance, and jump performance in recreational tennis players (aged 18-45 years; BMI 18-30 kg/m²) with non-radiating mechanical low back pain. Participants were allocated to two parallel groups: a Control Group performing a 21-session home exercise program for 3 weeks, and an Experimental Group performing the same program plus four physiotherapist-administered spinal mobilization sessions (one at baseline and one weekly for 3 weeks). Outcomes were the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain during physical activity, at rest, and at night; the Y-Balance Test; the Vertical Jump Test; the Sit-and-Reach Test; and isometric strength measured with a back-chest-leg dynamometer.

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain, Mechanical
  • Recreational Physical Activity
  • Tennis
  • Manual Therapy
  • Therapeutic Exercise
  • Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Home Exercise Program

21 daily sessions over 3 weeks; 5 repetitions per exercise (30-second holds for stretches; 10-second hold for posterior pelvic tilt); supported by written instructions, visual materials, and weekly telephone follow-up.

PROCEDURE

Spinal Mobilization (Maitland-Graded Manual Therapy)

Four supervised sessions over 3 weeks (one at baseline and weekly thereafter). Techniques included thoracic posteroanterior mobilization (T5-T12), rotational thoracic mobilization ("butterfly/screw"), sacroiliac mobilization, side-lying lumbar mobilization, and anteroposterior lumbar mobilization. Each technique was applied as five sets of one-minute oscillations with 20-second rest intervals in the posteroanterior, mediolateral, and transverse planes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istinye University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-01
Primary Completion
2025-08-01
Completion
2025-08-20

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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