ow Back Pain and Stretching Exercise

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic low back pain; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000534684
• Lead Sponsor: Ashraf Ramadan Hafez

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-05-20
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

The inclusion criteria were patient’s diagnosis of low back pain and complaint of pain for more than three months.

Exclusion Criteria

Any pathological involvement such as disc herniation, tumor, cancer, spinal stenosis, vertebral fracture or neurological deficits.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome measurement was pain on visual analogue scale (VAS). It ranges from zero (no pain) to ten (unbearable pain) grades, from 1 to 10 means graduation intensities of pain. The subjects were asked to indicate the level of lower back pain by placing a dash at the appropriate level on the 10 cm horizontal line. The subjects were provided with an Arabic version of VAS with no pain on the right side and worst pain on the left side.[Outcome measurements were taken at baseline and the end of week six after the study was begun. ]