PNF With and Without Electrical Stimulation in Patients With Chronic Lumbar Radiculopathy

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Completed

• Conditions: Lumbar Radiculopathy

• Registration Number: NCT06707779
• Lead Sponsor: Riphah International University

Brief Summary

Numerous researches have shown how PNF is been used to treat non specific low back pain, subacromial impingement, cervical radiculopathy and many others. In some studies different techniques like Mckenzie method, spinal mobilization and Mulligan traction other than PNF were being used to treat lumbar radiculopathy. According to researchers knowledge little literature available to see the effectiveness of PNF with electrical stimulation in patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy. Therefore, the purpose of the current study is to examine the effects of PNF with electrical stimulation in patients with chronic lumbar radiculopathy.

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-02-02
• Primary Completion: 2024-09-15
• Study Completion: 2024-10-31
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Study First Submitted: 2024-11-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-11-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-26
• Study First Posted: 2024-11-27
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

• • Diagnosed cases of lumbar radiculopathy

  • Either one or both legs affected by radiating pain
  • Signs of nerve root compression like paresthesia, numbness, tingling, sharp pain
  • Impaired deep tendon reflex(knee jerk, ankle jerk)
  • Both male and female
  • Radiological evidence of lumbar spondylosis with radiculopathy
  • Age group between 40 to 70 years
  • Positive SLR test between 45° to 70°
  • All subjects with symptoms for duration of more than 6 weeks
  • Increase leg pain by coughing and sneezing

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Exclusion Criteria

• Serious spinal conditions e.g infection, tumor, osteoporosis
• Uncontrolled hypertension
• Severe cognitive impairment
• Other neurological conditions and systemic illness like kidney and visceral diseases
• Vertebral fracture and spondylolisthesis
• Pregnant women
• History of spinal surgery in previous 6 months
• Clinical conditions such as oversensitive skin, patients with cardiac pacemakers where application of TENS is contraindicated

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pain numeric rating scale	6th week	The pain numeric rating scale is a segmented numeric version of visual analog scale in which a respondent selects a whole number 0 to 10 that reflects the intensity of pain. The 11 point numeric scale ranges from 0 representing no pain and 10 representing extreme pain. Higher scores indicating greater pain intensity. e.g. as bad as you can imagine or worst pain. NPRS takes less than 1 minute to complete and easy to administer and score.
Modified Oswestry disability index	6th week	MODI also known as the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire, as a very crucial instrument to assess a patient's functional disability over the long term. MODI is a patient completed questionnaire included 10 sections of questions. This tool is effective for persistent severe disability. The MODI domains are the following: pain intensity, personal care, lifting, walking, sitting, standing, sleeping, social life, travelling and employment/home making. Each section has six statements that are scored from 0 means minimum degree of difficulties in that activity to 5 means maximum degree of difficulty.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Amin welfare and teaching hospital , Awan center; 🇵🇰 Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan