There are about 1282 clinical studies being (or have been) conducted in Lithuania. The country of the clinical trial is determined by the location of where the clinical research is being studied. Most studies are often held in multiple locations & countries.
Non-specific chronic low back pain (LBP) can be managed with a variety of treatments such as educational programmes, behavioural therapy, acupuncture, medication, electrophysical agents, manual therapy and exercise therapy. Although the above therapies are widely used, they show limited effect at best, with frequent recurrences of LBP. There is insufficient data to prove that one type of exercise is superior to another. Manual therapy is a common therapeutic method used in the treatment of LBP. Therefore, we hypothesised that manual therapy combined with therapeutic exercises would lead to a greater reduction in back pain and improvement in functional status. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of 6 weeks of manual therapy combined with therapeutic exercise on pain and functional status in subjects with chronic non-specific low back pain.
The goal of this interventional study is to assess differences in the metabolic consumption, the cardiorespiratory effort, the cardiac autonomic adaptation, and fatigability during ADL, such as standing from a chair and walking while wearing an electrically powered exoskeleton in different modes of supports in subjects with neurological diseases with moderate to severe walking impairments.
Title: The Effect of White Noise on the Ability of a Medical Student to Recognise Correctly Adventitious Lung Sound. Methodology: Randomized, controlled trial, blind study. Study Duration: The estimated duration for the main protocol (e.g., from the start of screening to the last subject processed and finishing the study) is approximately 4 weeks. Study Centre: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) and Kaunas Hospital of LSMU. Objectives: Primary Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of second-year and third-year medical students in correctly identifying pathological and nonpathological lung sounds under different white noise levels. Number of Subjects: A group of 104 students will be exposed (EXP) to learning pathological and nonpathological sounds for 3 days. After 3 days students will take 3 tests with different levels of white noise pollution added ( signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) 20, 40 and none added). Diagnosis and Main Inclusion Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: male and female second and third-year LSMU students; 18-40 years old; in any distribution. Consent and compliance with all aspects of the study protocol, and methods, providing data during follow-up contact. Please, see the methods section for a full list of inclusion criteria. Exclusion Criteria: deafness; age over 40; conditions that prevent the student from using earphones. Please, see the methods section for a full list of exclusion criteria. Regimen: EXP group will receive 3-day training of 101 lung sounds. Statistical Methodology: Results will be analyzed with the SPSS (version 27) and Jamovi (version 2.3.21). A p-value < 0.05 will be considered statistically significant. The effect of 3 levels of white noise on the EXP group will be compared utilizing a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistical test. Though, if data does not adhere to a normal distribution then Kruskal - Wallis will be applied. McNemar's test will be used to compare if there was a statistical difference between second-year and third-year students.
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate and compare the effects of functional magnetic stimulation and pelvic floor muscle training on pelvic floor muscle function, urinary incontinence symptoms and quality of life in women with stress urinary incontinence. The main questions it aims to answer are: - What is the effect of functional magnetic stimulation on pelvic floor muscle function, symptoms of urinary incontinence and quality of life in women with stress urinary incontinence? - What is the effect of pelvic floor muscle training program on pelvic floor muscle function, symptoms of urinary incontinence and quality of life in women with stress urinary incontinence? - Which intervention is more effective - functional magnetic stimulation or pelvic floor muscle training program? Participants will be evaluated before and after the intervention with the following methods: - International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-SF); - Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-Short Form (IIQ-7); - Pelvic floor muscle strength and endurance will be assessed with a "Pelvexiser" perineometer.
The PROTEOS study is an randomized controlled, open label, parallel-group, multi-centre and multicounty interventional study to assess the acceptance and implementation of Compact Protein, a low volume, energy dense and high protein oral nutritional support in clinical practice according to the ESPEN guidelines in colorectal and lung cancer patients undergoing chemo(radio)- or immunotherapy treatment.
Osteoarthritis symptoms can be managed with non-drug treatments such as patient education, exercise or weight loss interventions. Cryotherapy is one of the effective method to reduce joint inflammation, pain and improve function. Another method is joint mobilization, which can also reduce pain and improve function. Based on this theory, it was hypothesized that cryotherapy will have better effect on pain and the quality of life, whereas joint mobilization will be more effective on knee function. The aim of the study was to compare the effects of different physiotherapy methods on pain, knee joint function and quality of life in individuals with osteoarthritis.
A single center, prospective, observational study to investigate the impact of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) on the functional percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) result (assessed with fractional flow reserve (FFR)) and one-year target vessel failure (TVF) rate after percutaneous treatment of long coronary artery lesions
A prospective intervention study to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed toolset for remote physical activity monitoring to improve arterial stiffness and other cardiometabolic parameters and to increase physical activity levels and the compliance to the prescribed exercise in individuals with metabolic syndrome.
The study aims to assess the efficacy of an internet-based stress recovery intervention for healthcare workers receiving therapist support with or without an intervention plan.
The goal of this clinical trial was to identify if duration of acute calorie restriction (CR)/fasting or combination CR with cold stimuli have any effects on mental and physical health-related markers, and to clarify if different fasting strategies have any effect on cognitive and motor functioning efficiency in different genders. The main questions it aims to answer were: - Does fasting duration have any effect on fasting evoked responses? - Does cold interventions can modulate fasting evoked responses? - Does sex have any effect on acute fasting evoked responses? For the first part, participants were randomly classified into 4 groups: two experimental groups: 2-days of CR (0 kcal diet) and 6-days of CR (0 kcal diet), and two control groups: 2-days or 6-days usual diet. For the second part, participants were randomly assigned to undergo the following conditions: 2-days of CR with two 10-min whole-body cold-water immersions on separate days, 2-days of CR without cold-water immersion, 2-days without CR with two 10-min whole-body cold-water immersions on separate days, or 2-days of the usual diet without cold-water immersion in a randomized crossover fashion. Changes in anthropometric characteristics, perceived stress, metabolism, overall health (total blood count, sex hormones, etc.), psycho-emotional state, cognitive and motor functions were examined.