Effects of Manual Lumbar and Prone Traction in Patients With Low Back Pain

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Completed

• Conditions: Non-specific Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Other: Manual lumbar traction; Other: Prone traction

• Registration Number: NCT05518552
• Lead Sponsor: Obafemi Awolowo University

Brief Summary

The study determined the effects of manual Lumbar traction and prone traction on some clinical variables of patients with long standing low back pain.

Detailed Description

Traction therapy has been used in the management of low back pain (LBP) especially None Specific Low Back Pain. There are several recommendations on how lumbar traction should be performed, but the type of technique to be applied differs among the sources. Prone traction adapted from inversion therapy which is a form of gravitational traction has been reported to be effective in ameliorating disabilities of patients with low back pain as well reduce pain intensity. Manual lumbar traction is performed by the therapist, pulling at the patient's ankles and has been reported to be effective in relieving pain and reducing disability of patient with None Specific Low Back Pain (NSLBP). Documented evidences on the efficacy of traction in non-specific low back pain are still inconclusive. While manual lumbar traction seems more commonly used, probably owing to its positional advantage, its relative effectiveness compared with manual prone traction is still unknown, hence this study. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of manual lumbar traction and prone traction on pain intensity, disability, spinal range of motion and quality of life in patients with None Specific Low Back Pain.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-01-25
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-18
• Study Completion: 2022-02-12
• Status Verified: 2022-08
• Study First Submitted: 2022-08-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-08-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-25
• Study First Posted: 2022-08-26
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants diagnosed with Non-Specific Low Back Pain of not less than 3 months duration who were referred by a physician.
• Participants between the ages of 40 years and older.

Exclusion Criteria

• Low back pain patients with specific pathology, such as systemic inflammatory diseases, pregnancy, fractures of the spine, tumors, infections.
• Participants with pathology affecting the trunk or upper and lower extremities

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
manual Lumbar Traction	Manual lumbar traction	The subjects consist of 25 patients with chronic low back pain. They underwent a manual lumbar traction with Physiotherapist pulling the patients while lying prone on a couch
Prone traction	Prone traction	This group consist of patients with non specific chronic low back pain that were put on prone traction.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual Analogue scale	Change is being assessed at the Baseline, 3rd week and 6th week of treatment	It measure pain intensity: 0 which is no pain to 10 which is excruciating pain

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Roland Morris low back pain Disability questionnaire	Change is being assessed at the Baseline, 3rd week and 6th week of treatment	It measures the disability of the patients from 0, no disability to 24 which is the greatest disability
Goniometer	Change is being assessed at the Baseline, 3rd week and 6th week of treatment	It measures spinal flexibility in "degree". The flexibility may start from 0 degree and the maximum depends on the flexibility of each participants

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Obafemi Awolowo University; 🇳🇬 Ile Ife, Osun, Nigeria