Effects of Manual Lumbar and Prone Traction in Patients With Low Back Pain

Non-specific Low Back Pain Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Effects of Manual Lumbar and Prone Traction on Clinical Variables in Patients With Non-specific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Control Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05518552
• Other study ID #: Ojo/2022/01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 25, 2019
• Est. completion date: February 12, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: August 2022
• Source: Obafemi Awolowo University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study determined the effects of manual Lumbar traction and prone traction on some clinical variables of patients with long standing low back pain.

Description:

Traction therapy has been used in the management of low back pain (LBP) especially None Specific Low Back Pain. There are several recommendations on how lumbar traction should be performed, but the type of technique to be applied differs among the sources. Prone traction adapted from inversion therapy which is a form of gravitational traction has been reported to be effective in ameliorating disabilities of patients with low back pain as well reduce pain intensity. Manual lumbar traction is performed by the therapist, pulling at the patient's ankles and has been reported to be effective in relieving pain and reducing disability of patient with None Specific Low Back Pain (NSLBP). Documented evidences on the efficacy of traction in non-specific low back pain are still inconclusive. While manual lumbar traction seems more commonly used, probably owing to its positional advantage, its relative effectiveness compared with manual prone traction is still unknown, hence this study. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of manual lumbar traction and prone traction on pain intensity, disability, spinal range of motion and quality of life in patients with None Specific Low Back Pain.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 25
• Est. completion date: February 12, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: December 18, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 40 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants diagnosed with Non-Specific Low Back Pain of not less than 3 months duration who were referred by a physician.

• Participants between the ages of 40 years and older.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Low back pain patients with specific pathology, such as systemic inflammatory diseases, pregnancy, fractures of the spine, tumors, infections.

• Participants with pathology affecting the trunk or upper and lower extremities

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Low Back Pain
• Non-specific Low Back Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Manual lumbar traction
Patient in the group were treated with manual traction
• Prone traction
Patient in the group were placed on prone traction

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Nigeria	Obafemi Awolowo University	Ile Ife	Osun

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Obafemi Awolowo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Nigeria, 

References & Publications (2)

Ostelo RW, de Vet HC, Knol DL, van den Brandt PA. 24-item Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire was preferred out of six functional status questionnaires for post-lumbar disc surgery. J Clin Epidemiol. 2004 Mar;57(3):268-76. — View Citation

Ozaktay AC, Cavanaugh JM, Asik I, DeLeo JA, Weinstein JN. Dorsal root sensitivity to interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor in rats. Eur Spine J. 2002 Oct;11(5):467-75. Epub 2002 Jun 4. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Visual Analogue scale	It measure pain intensity: 0 which is no pain to 10 which is excruciating pain	Change is being assessed at the Baseline, 3rd week and 6th week of treatment
Secondary	Roland Morris low back pain Disability questionnaire	It measures the disability of the patients from 0, no disability to 24 which is the greatest disability	Change is being assessed at the Baseline, 3rd week and 6th week of treatment
Secondary	Goniometer	It measures spinal flexibility in "degree". The flexibility may start from 0 degree and the maximum depends on the flexibility of each participants	Change is being assessed at the Baseline, 3rd week and 6th week of treatment