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"Foam rolling to improve the flexibility of low back in people with low back pain."

Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Low back pain,
Registration Number
CTRI/2020/11/028781
Lead Sponsor
Jyothis Prasad
Brief Summary

The study is to check the immediate effect of foam rolling to the thoraco-lumbar fascia whether it improves the lumbar flexion range of motion or no. 23 Subjects who fits the inclusion criteria with non specific low back pain and no other co-morbidities to the back are selected for this intervention study. Pre-test visual analogue scale and modified schober’s test are used as the outcome measure in this study. The subject has to perform foam rolling to the back for 3 sessions of 45 seconds each with a rest period of 15 seconds between them immediately after which the visual analogue scale and modified schobers’s test are taken again to check for the change in the lumbar flexion range of motion. There are no associated risk with the study and it is a pre-post intervention study.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Not Yet Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
23
Inclusion Criteria

diagnosis of low back pain within the last 6 months, numerical pain rating scale ranging from 4-8 for determination of pain level, lumbar flexion range of motion less than 50 degrees.

Exclusion Criteria

Radicular pain, spinal injuries, SI joint dysfuction, surgeries of spine, hip, knee or ankle , on a regular medication of non steroidal or anti-inflammatory drugs, lower limb fractures,people weighing more than 120 kgs.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Modified Schobers testPre and Post intervention
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Visual analog scalePre and Post intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

M S RAMAIAH HOSPITALS

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Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India

M S RAMAIAH HOSPITALS
🇮🇳Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India
Jyothis Prasad
Principal investigator
8943960081
jyothisprasad14@gmail.com

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