"Foam rolling to improve the flexibility of low back in people with low back pain."
- 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
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.
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
Name Time Method Modified Schobers test Pre and Post intervention
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual analog scale Pre and Post intervention
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
M S RAMAIAH HOSPITALS
🇮🇳Bangalore, KARNATAKA, India
M S RAMAIAH HOSPITALS🇮🇳Bangalore, KARNATAKA, IndiaJyothis PrasadPrincipal investigator8943960081jyothisprasad14@gmail.com