Comparing usual physiotherapy treatment and stretching exercise for tight hamstring muscle in chronic low back pain sufferers
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- ow Back Pain.Dorsalgia, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT201507258035N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for Research, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 75
Inclusion Criteria
having LBP for more than 3 months, pain intensity from 3 to 6 in visual analogue scale (VAS) and age of 18 to 60 years.
Exclusion criteria: history of having pathology or anomaly in lower limbs such as malignancy, inflammatory diseases, severe osteoporosis, arthritis or bone diseases.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Electromyografic amplitude of hamstring. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: with surface EMG equipment.;Pelvic tilt angle. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: With inclinometer.;Back muscles strength. Timepoint: Before and after the intervention. Method of measurement: With dynamometer.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method