Efficacy of sidelying traction versus supine lying traction in treatment of lumbar disc herniatio
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 47
The patients age 30-50 years old.
- The patient will be referred by orthopedist or neurologist as lumbar disc herniation with unilateral sciatica.
- The diagnosis confirmed by lumbar CT scan or MRI.
- The diagnosis confirmed by H reflex
- The patient will be in subacute stage or chronic stage.
- Body Mass Index BMI: 22-32Kg/M2.
- Lumbar disc herniation without sciatica.
- Lumbar spondylisthesis
- Lumbar instability Osteoporosis
- Previous lumbar surgery
- Scoliotic deformity or any deformity of lower extremity that may interfere with global alignment
- Cancer
- Cardiac problems
- Peripheral neuropathy
- History of upper motor neuron lesion
- Spinal canal stenosis, other than disc herniation
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Inability to tolerate Supine or side lying position
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method