Effects of Mechanical Versus Manual Traction in the Management of Low Back Pain.

Low Back Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Mechanical Versus Manual Traction in the Management of Low Back Pain.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05059249
• Other study ID #: FUI/CTR/2021/5
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: January 30, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: Foundation University Islamabad
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study compared the effects of mechanical and manual traction on pain, disability and lumbar spinal curvature in patients with discogenic low back pain

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 48
• Est. completion date: January 30, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 30, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with discogenic low back pain,

• Patients of both genders

• Age ranges from 20 to 60 years

• NPRS > 5

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with non-mechanical back pain

• Patients with known metabolic diseases,

• Osteoporotic patients,

• Recent history of spinal trauma or surgery,

• Lumbar myelopathy,

• Cauda equine syndrome.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Disc Degeneration
• Disc Prolapse
• Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
• Intervertebral Disc Displacement
• Low Back Pain
• Low Back Pain, Mechanical
• Lumbar Radiculopathy
• Prolapse
• Radiculopathy

Intervention

Procedure:
• Hot Pack
Superficial Heating
• Manual Traction
Manual Traction for 10 minutes
• Mechanical Traction
Mechanical Traction for 10 minutes
• Joint Mobilization
3 sets of slow gentle segmental mobilizations (unilateral and posterior-anterior) with at least 10 to 15 repetitions
• TENS
TENS for 10 minutes with hot pack

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Foundation University Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences.	Islamabad	Federal

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Foundation University Islamabad

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Numeric Pain Rating Scale	Changes from base Line Numeric Pain rating scale is a scale for pain starting from 0-10. Where 0 indicate no pain and 10 indicate severe pain.	6 weeks
Primary	Oswestry disability index	Changes from base line The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is an index derived from the Oswestry Low Back Pain Questionnaire used by clinicians and researchers to quantify disability for low back pain. Each topic category is followed by 6 statements describing different potential scenarios in the patient's life relating to the topic. The patient then checks the statement which most closely resembles their situation. Each question is scored on a scale of 0-5 with the first statement being zero and indicating the least amount of disability and the last statement is scored 5 indicating most severe disability. The scores for all questions answered are summed, then multiplied by two to obtain the index (range 0 to 100). Zero is equated with no disability and 100 is the maximum disability possible.	6 weeks