Development of a Fascial Training Based Mobile Application and Investigation of Its Effectiveness in Patients With Disc Herniation

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Lumbar Disc Disease; Lumbal Disc Herniation

• Registration Number: NCT07060235
• Lead Sponsor: Baskent University

Brief Summary

This study will compare three different groups for lumbar disc herniation. The first group will do fascia exercises via a mobile application, the second group will do fascia exercises via a home leaflet, and the third group will do lumbar stabilization exercises via a home leaflet. Since there is not yet a mobile application that includes fascia exercises, this application will be made available to patients for home use after it is developed during the study.

The physiotherapist will teach the exercises in the clinical setting in three different groups.

Detailed Description

In the study, 20 people in three different groups with a drop-out rate of twenty percent will participate in the study. This number is 60 people in total.

In the study, fascia exercises will be applied at home with the mobile application named Fascia-M for the first group, fascia exercises will be applied at home with the home brochure for the second group, and lumbar stabilization exercises will be applied at home with the home brochure for the third group. Visual pain scale, Tampa kinesiophobia scale, SF-12 Quality of Life Questionnaire, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Scale, modified schober test, digital inclinometer measurements will be applied and evaluated by the physiotherapist before and after the study.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2025-02-01
• Study First Submitted: 2025-02-06
• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-07-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-01
• Study First Posted: 2025-07-11
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-11
• Primary Completion: 2025-11-30
• Study Completion: 2026-08-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

• Mobile on Android devices have the competence to use the application
• No neurological deficit
• painkillers during the treatment process
• They are volunteer individuals who do not use medication

İnclusion Criteria:

• speak Turkish, and have Turkish literacy.
• included lumbar
• diagnosed with disc herniation with doctor's diagnosis
• participants is between the ages of 20-55,
• able to use mobile technology
• willing to participate in the study individuals with

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SEQUENTIAL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Development of a Fascial Exercise Based Mobile Application and Investigation of Its Effectiveness in Patients with Disc Herniation	14 days after the start of the exercise programme	Change in self-reported low back pain intensity as measured by the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). The VAS is a unidimensional pain assessment tool consisting of a 10 cm horizontal line anchored by "no pain" (0 cm) and "worst imaginable pain" (10 cm). Participants will mark their current pain level on the line. The distance (in cm) from the left end to the mark will be recorded as the pain score.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Development of a Fascial Exercise Based Mobile Application and Investigation of Its Effectiveness in Patients with Disc Herniation	14 days after the start of exercise programme	Change in lumbar functional disability assessed using the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). The ODI consists of 10 sections measuring the degree of disability in daily living activities due to low back pain. Total scores range from 0% (no disability) to 100% (maximum disability).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Başkent Universty; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey