Efficacy of Muscle Energy Technique Alone and in Combination With Interferential Therapy for the Treatment of Non-specific Low Back Pain.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Back Pain
• Interventions: Other: Muscel energy technique along with interferential therapy; Other: muscle energy technique

• Registration Number: NCT06098053
• Lead Sponsor: Neuro Counsel Hospital, Pakistan

Brief Summary

Single blind randomized control trail in which two groups were formed. Group A was given Muscle energy technique and Group B was given muscle energy technique in combination with Interferential therapy.

Detailed Description

After getting the REC approval from The Neurocounsel Clinics, study was initiated from 21 May, 2023 to 20 September 2023. Sample size was calculated by Epitool which came 30. Following participants were included a) both genders b) age 20-50 years and followings were excluded a) DM b) Parkinson disease c) disc disorder d) MSK disorder were excluded from this study. Simple random sampling technique was used to randomize participants into two equal groups. group A was given MET and group B was given MET plus IFT. 2 sessions/week for 4 \& half weeks. Evaluation was done at PNS \& EQ-5D-5L (QoL). Pre and post test analysis was done by use of SPSS version 21 and level of significance was kept p\<0.05.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-05-21
• Primary Completion: 2023-09-20
• Study Completion: 2023-09-20
• Status Verified: 2023-10
• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-10-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-10-18
• Study First Posted: 2023-10-24
• Last Update Posted: 2023-10-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• both genders
• age between 20-50 years old
• non specific type of back pain

Exclusion Criteria

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Parkinson disease
• Any other Musculoskeletal disorder

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group B	Muscel energy technique along with interferential therapy	Muscle energy technique along with interferential therapy was given to this group
Group A	muscle energy technique	Muscle energy technique was given to this group

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain numeric scale	4 and half weeks	this scale is used to measure the pain 0 means no pain and 10 means worst pain ever
short form of 36	4 and half weeks	SF-36 is used to meaure the quality of life. 0 means worst quality of life and higher values towards 100 means best quality of life

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Neurocouncil Clinic; 🇵🇰 Islamabad, Federal, Pakistan