Lumbopelvic Manipulation Effects on Fatigue in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients

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• Conditions: Chronic Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Other: lumbopelvic manipulation and conventional therapy; Other: conventional therapy

• Registration Number: NCT05282589
• Lead Sponsor: Riphah International University

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is determine the effects of lumbopelvic manipulation on fatigue, pain and disability in chronic low back pain patients. In this randomised clinical trial, lumbopelvic manipulation group was compared with conventional therapy group. Tools used in the study are numeric pain rating scale ,oswestry low back pain index and rating of fatigue scale.

Detailed Description

Low back pain is an extremely common problem which causes morbidity in adults. It is more likely to occur in individuals around the age 20 to 60, this is partly due to the changes that occurs with aging. It can be acute (less than 12 weeks) or chronic (more than 12 weeks). There are many causes of low back pain one of the most common is the lumber disc herniation. Some of the most serious causes of low back pain include (infection, malignancy, vertebral fracture, cauda equina syndrome and inflammatory disorders such as axial spondyloarthritis). Mostly low backpain can be a result of injury such as muscle strain or sprains due to sudden movements or poor body mechanics while lifting heavy loads. Pain in low back can be the result of infection effecting the bony lumber spine, ligaments around the spine, the spinal cord, nerves and muscles of the spine, internal organs and skin around the spine.

Treatment for low back pain falls into three broad categories, multidisciplinary therapy is based on intensive exercises that improves physical function and has modest effects on pain physiotherapy treatment of low back pain includes laser, massage, multidisciplinary rehabilitation and spinal manipulation. Spinal manipulation is a high velocity thrust to a joint beyond its restricted range of movement. Spinal manipulation to lumber spine is a common intervention administered for patients with low back pain.

There is limited use of the technique in our society especially finding its effects on fatigue in chronic low back pain.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-09-21
• Primary Completion: 2022-01-15
• Study Completion: 2022-01-28
• Study First Submitted: 2022-02-20
• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-03-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-08
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-16
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

females patients having fatigue along with chronic low back pain low back pain for more than three months age 20-60

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Exclusion Criteria

• patients with conditions other than chronic low back pain having radiculopathy history of serious underlying pathology such as nerve root compromise, structural deformities, genetic spinal disorders and previous spinal surgery.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Lumbopelvic manipulation and conventiontional therapy	lumbopelvic manipulation and conventional therapy	Group A an experimental group was given conventional therapy and lumbopelvic manipulation. conventional therapy include TENS and Hot pack for 20 minutes , hamstrings stretching, calf stretching,transversus abdominis strengthening and lumber multipedes muscle strengthening. while lumbopelvic manipulation include high velocity thrust given in posterior direction to ASIS.
conventional therapy	conventional therapy	Group B, control group was given only conventional therapy which include TENS and Hot pack for 20 minutes , hamstrings stretching, calf stretching,transversus abdominis strengthening and lumber multipedes muscle strengthening . 1 set of 10 repetitions, 3 sessions per week with a total of 12 sessions.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fatigue assessment scale (FAS)	4th week	Among the ten questions of the FAS. Every point of has further five components in which 1 means "never" and 5 means "always". Its scoring is from 10-50 in which 10 showing lowest fatigue level and 50 means indicating highest fatigue level.; If the overall score is less than 22 it denotes no fatigue while if the score is more than 22 it will show the presence of substantial fatigue.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Oswestry low back pain questionnaire	4th week	The oswestry low back pain questionnaire is believed to be specially designed for back related disability in daily life activities in 10 queries with a substitutes for verbal response. Its ranking is from 0-100 in which 0 means there is no disability at time and 100 score means absolutely or entirely disabled.
Range of Motion	4th week	It was measured by bubble inclinometer. For taking the ranges of flexion and extension 12th thoracic and 1st sacral vertebrae were taken as the reference points. Two bubble inclinometers were used at the same time in standing position.
Numeric pain rating scale (NPRS)	4th week	Numeric pain rating scale is 11 point scale which consists of a straight or linear line running from left to right with a range from 0 -10 in which the digit 0 which lies on the left means no pain while the digit 10 lying on the right means the worst pain.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pakistan Railway General Hospital; 🇵🇰 Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan