The effect of forward head posture corrective exercises in the management of lumbosacral radiculopathy: A 2-year randomized controlled study

Completed

• Conditions: chronic discogenic lumbosacral radiculopathy.; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Neurological - Other neurological disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613000321741
• Lead Sponsor: Ibrahim Moustafa Moustafa

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-03-22
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 154

Inclusion Criteria

the patients were included if they had a confirmed chronic unilateral lumbosacral radiculopathy associated with L5-S1 lumbar disc prolapse with symptoms lasting longer than 3 months to avoid the acute stage of inflammation.Further, All patients had side-to-side H reflex latency differences of more than 1msec. Patients were also selected with lumbar hyperlordosis, which is considered a common posture aberrations in chronic low back pain patients

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria included previous history of lumbosacral surgery, metabolic system disorder, cancer, cardiac problems, peripheral neuropathy, history of upper motor neuron lesion, spinal canal stenosis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and any lower extremity deformity that might interfere with global postural alignment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
disability:Disability was measured using the Oswestry Disability Index[pre-treatment, 10 weeks post-treatment, and at 2- year follow-up]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
anterior head translation distance :Standard lateral cervical radiographs was used to quantify this distance[pre-treatment, 10 weeks post-treatment, and at 2- year follow-up];three dimensional spinal posture parameters:Rasterstereography (Formetric 2, Diers International GmbH, Schlangenbad, Germany) was used to examine this variable[pre-treatment, 10 weeks post-treatment, and at 2- year follow-up]; pain intensity :Separate 0-10 numerical rating scale was used to measure the average intensity of back pain and leg pain [pre-treatment, 10 weeks post-treatment, and at 2- year follow-up];neurophysiological findings represented in latency and amplitude of H reflex:An electromyogram device (Tonneisneuroscreen plus version 1.59, Germany) was used to measure this variable [pre-treatment, 10 weeks post-treatment, and at 2- year follow-up]