Effect of Core Stability Exercises on Pain and Quality of Life in Non Specific Low Back Pain

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Non Specific Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Other: core stability exersises

• Registration Number: NCT05953922
• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University

Brief Summary

Most publications state that core stability exercises (transverse abdominis and multifidus training) can relieve chronic low back pain with or without radiculopathy and improve function, although only temporarily, and may have the same impact as active general exercise so The goal of this study is to detect the effect of retraining the deep core muscles, on pain, disability, and quality of life in patients with chronic Non specific low back pain.

Detailed Description

The goal of this study is to detect the effect of retraining the deep core muscles, on pain, disability, and quality of life in patients with chronic Non specific low back pain

This study is delimited to the following aspects:

1. Fifty, patients of only females with chronic non specific low back pain more than 3 months.

2. The age will range from 22 to 45 years.

3. The treatment will conduct to three session per week for four weeks .

4. The selected patients will assigned randomly to two equal groups:

1- Group1 (intervention), will do the selected treatment that include electrical stimulation in addition to Core stability exercises program. 2- Group2(control), will do the conventional treatment only.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-10-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-05-07
• Status Verified: 2023-07
• Primary Completion: 2023-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-07-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-07-19
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-20
• Last Update Posted: 2023-07-20
• Study Completion: 2023-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• gender is women
• age ranges from 22 to45 years old
• chronic non specific low back pain for at least 3 month
• pain score will between 3 to 6 on visual analogue scale

Exclusion Criteria

• Any deformity of the spine
• Red flags including serious pathology
• Systemic or inflammatory disease
• sever osteoporosis
• history of tumor or cancer
• spine infection
• history of spine or pelvis surgery or fracture
• cauda equina syndrome
• progressive neurological deficit
• severe instability
• sever cardio vascular or metabolic disease
• history of psychological disease
• anatomical and congenital disturbance
• continuous pain more than 8 on (visual analogue scale)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
treatment group	core stability exersises	The treatment group will engage in transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TENS) and core stability exercises for three sessions each week for four weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pressure lumber biofeedback for each participants	baseline	pressure lumber biofeedback for asses transverse abdominis contraction
pain levels for each participants	baseline	visual analogue scale will be used to assess the level of pain and higher score means worse outcome
quality of life for each participants	baseline	We will use the Arabic version of world health organization's quality of life (Arabic_WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire and higher score means better outcome

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt