The Effect of Progressive Relaxation Exercise on Pain and Kinesiophobia After Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery

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Completed

• Conditions: Lumbar Disc Herniation
• Interventions: Other: Progressive relaxation exercise

• Registration Number: NCT05288634
• Lead Sponsor: Aksaray University

Brief Summary

We aimed to assess the influence of progressive muscle relaxation exercise on kinesiophobia and pain during after lumbar disc surgery using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and the Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale in a prospective, randomized fashion.

Detailed Description

Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a common disease that is common in the society and limits the activities of individuals in daily life. Pain, which is an undesirable but expected result of surgical interventions, which are used in the treatment of diseases and play an important role in increasing the health level of people, is one of the most common postoperative complaints. The pain is sometimes severe enough to impede movement and causes paravertebral muscle spasm. Pain can also cause kinesiophobia, which is a factor that limits the person's physical activities. This study was conducted to determine the effect of progressive muscle relaxation exercises on kinesiophobia, which can be seen in parallel with pain in the postoperative period, on the pain level of patients after LDH surgery and on the kinesiophobia experienced in parallel.

The following hypotheses (H) were tested in this study:

H1. Progressive muscle relaxation exercise has an effect on reducing pain after LDH surgery.

H2. Progressive muscle relaxation exercise has an effect on reducing kinesiophobia after LDH surgery.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-03-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-03-11
• Study Start: 2022-03-14
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-21
• Primary Completion: 2022-10-20
• Study Completion: 2022-12-29
• Status Verified: 2023-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-07-06
• Last Update Posted: 2023-07-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• • The patients included in the study had lumbar microdiscectomy surgery,

  • Patients aged 18 and over
  • Patients should not have any problems that would prevent them from expressing their pain level correctly and from understanding the information given,
  • The patients do not have any psychological disorders,
  • The patients do not have any other acute disease that will cause pain.

Exclusion Criteria

• • Being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder,

  • A complication (bleeding, hospital infection, etc.) developed in the patients before, during and after the operation within three days,
  • Not knowing Turkish.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental	Progressive relaxation exercise	Routine maintenance and Progressive relaxation exercise practice

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analogue Scale	the day before the surgery	It is the scale used to measure the severity of pain in patients. It is a scale whose beginning is -0- "no pain", and the other end is -10- "very severe pain" and each cm is given a numerical value at 1 centimeter (cm) intervals.
Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale	the day before the surgery	: It is a 17-item scale. It gets a total score between 17-68. A high score on the scale indicates a high level of kinesiophobia.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale	third day after surgery	It is a 17-item scale. It gets a total score between 17-68. A high score on the scale indicates a high level of kinesiophobia.
Visual Analogue Scale	third day after surgery	It is the scale used to measure the severity of pain in patients. It is a scale whose beginning is -0- "no pain", and the other end is -10- "very severe pain" and each cm is given a numerical value at 1 centimeter (cm) intervals.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Aksaray University; 🇹🇷 Aksaray, None Selected, Turkey