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Study on low back pai

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: M259- Joint disorder, unspecifiedHealth Condition 2: null- Low back pain for 4 weeks or more18 to 50 years of age of both gender
Registration Number
CTRI/2018/02/012112
Lead Sponsor
Director General
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
31
Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients of either gender.

2. Patients in the age group of 18-50 years

3. Clinically diagnosed patients with low back pain persisting for 4 weeks or more as chief complaint. Characterized by intermittent, recurrent and episodic problem; and includes four type of pain: local, referred, radicular and that arising from secondary (protective) muscular spasm

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients below 18 years and above 50 years of age.

2. Recent low back injury.

3. BMI < 20 and > 35

4. Pregnant or lactating women.

5. Spinal pathology viz; severe or progressive motor weakness or central disc prolapsed, lumbar spondylolisthesis, lumbar radiculopathy, pending litigation (e.g., workplace injury), carcinoma

6. Patients receiving concomitant drug therapy with NSAIDâ??s with wash out period of less than 7 days.

7. Any systemic illness viz; hypertension, diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis, HBV, HIV infection etc.

8. Bleeding disorders.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Reduction in disease status will be assessed by grading/ scoring of McGill Pain Questionnaire and Oswestry Pain Disability index (ODI). <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 9 MONTHS
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
To reduce disease burden thus improving quality of lifeTimepoint: 12 MONTHS
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