Effect of Pulsed Magnetic Therapy Versus Phonophoresis in Discogenic Lumbar Radiculopathy Patients

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Lumbar Radiculopathy
• Interventions: Other: Pulsed electromagnetic therapy; Other: Ultrasound phonophoresis; Other: Conventional physical therapy

• Registration Number: NCT06296303
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

Purposes of the study

To investigate the effect of pulsed magnetic therapy versus phonophoresis in discogenic lumbar radiculopathy patients

Detailed Description

Patients will be randomized into either pulsed magnetic therapy group or phonophoresis group. Patients will receive the intervention for six weeks. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and post-intervention.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Study First Submitted: 2024-02-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-02-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-29
• Study Start: 2024-03-03
• Study First Posted: 2024-03-06
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-06
• Primary Completion: 2024-06-30
• Study Completion: 2024-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient age ranges from 20 -45

• Unilateral chronic lumbosacral radiculopathy

• Intervertebral disc herniation confirmed by MRI

• one of the following :

  1. H- reflex amplitude side to side difference 0.67 in absence of latency difference.
  2. H- reflex amplitude side to side difference smaller than 0.5 in p of latency difference.

  3 - Side to side H- reflex latency difference more than 1 msec. 4- Prolonged H-reflex latency more than 30 msec.

Read More

Exclusion Criteria

• Systematic disease
• Lumbar canal stenosis
• Pervious surgeries
• Scoliosis
• Kyphosis
• Spinal fracture
• Bilateral symptoms
• Steroid injection

Read More

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Pulsed electromagnetic therapy group	Pulsed electromagnetic therapy	Patients in this group will receive Pulsed electromagnetic therapy + Conventional physical therapy
Pulsed electromagnetic therapy group	Conventional physical therapy	Patients in this group will receive Pulsed electromagnetic therapy + Conventional physical therapy
Ultrasound phonophoresis group	Ultrasound phonophoresis	Patients in this group will receive Ultrasound phonophoresis + Conventional physical therapy
Ultrasound phonophoresis group	Conventional physical therapy	Patients in this group will receive Ultrasound phonophoresis + Conventional physical therapy
Control group	Conventional physical therapy	Patients in this group will receive Conventional physical therapy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain	Change from Baseline pain and function at 6 weeks	Visual analogue scale
Disability	Change from Baseline pain and function at 6 weeks	Oswestry disability index
Sciatic nerve cross sectional area	Change from Baseline pain and function at 6 weeks	Diagnostic Ultrasound

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
H-reflex amplitude	Change from Baseline pain and function at 6 weeks	by EMG unit
H-reflex side-to-side amplitude (H/H) ratio	Change from Baseline pain and function at 6 weeks	by EMG unit