A Clinical Trial to study the Efficacy and Safety of Two Exercise Regimes, Core Stability Exercises and Conventional Physiotherapy Exercises in Prevention of Recurrent Low Back Pain.

Phase 3

Completed

Registration Number: CTRI/2009/091/000011

Lead Sponsor: A Shamarao Foundation Mangalore Srinivas College of Physiotherapy and Research Center

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

1.Adult males or females aged between 18 to 55 years.
2.Patients with LBP, nonspecific in nature, who had a minimum of one previous episode of LBP necessitating alteration in normal activities or for which medical care/ intervention has been sought ? less than 1year.
3.Patients were recruited for the trial when they were in the sub-acute or chronic stage (onset of their current episode of pain being 6 weeks)
4.Visual analog scale less than 5.

Exclusion Criteria

Red flags during medical screening: Evidence of Cauda Equina compression,Non mechanical LBP,Clinical presentations suggestive of acute objective motor radiculopathy or nerve root compression
Surgical: Abdominal surgery within the past 12 months, Any spinal surgery
Medical: Systemic Illness,Neurological or muscular degenerative disorders
Other:Pregnancy or less than 1 year postpartum, Any orthopaedic impairment, Fractures, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Infection, A History of any lumbar, abdominal or limb surgery Subjects with Body Mass Index more than 27,Subjects with Central Nervous System impairment and Any respiratory or cardiovascular impairment

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recurrence rate frequency at each week. <br>EMG Latency of Rectus abdominius and Erector Spinae muscles. <br>EMG Amplitude (RMS) of RA and ES muscles. <br>COP excursion on Force Plate. <br>Chronic Pain Questionnaire (CPQ). <br>Rolland Morris Disability Index Questionnaire (RMDQ) <br>Timepoint: Recurrence rate at each week. <br>EMG latency and amplitude of Rectus abdominius and Erector Spinae Muscle at 6th week <br>COP excursion values at 6th week on Force plate.<br>CPQ and RMDQ at 6th week

Secondary Outcome Measures