DRY NEEDLING AND SPINAL MANIPULATIVE THERAPY VERSUS SPINAL MANIPULATIVE THERAPY ALONE IN NON-SPECIFIC CHRONIC LOW BACK PAI

Not Applicable

• Conditions: on-specific chronic low back pain.; Low back pain; M54.5

• Registration Number: IRCT20200826048530N1
• Lead Sponsor: Sindh Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 16 October 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 128

Inclusion Criteria

Patients willing to be part of the study
Patients diagnosed as having chronic nonspecific low back pain
Age 18 –60 years
Both male and female
History of non-specific LBP without referral into the lower extremity
Score 4 points on the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire
Have not received physical therapy within the last 3 months
Exhibit at least 1 active TrP reproducing their symptom in quadratus lumborum , gluteus medius and paraspinal muscle

Exclusion Criteria

Any serious spinal pathology (e.g. inflammatory or infectious condition of the spinemetastatic fracture, cauda-equina syndrome etc)
Compromised nerve root
Any history of spinal surgery
Any other conditions that would affect the active participation in the treatment.
Long term steroid use
Any neurological condition
Osteoporosis

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pian intensity. Timepoint: before intervent and 4, 8 weeks, 6 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS-0 to 10cm) for pain intensity. increase in scores suggests increase in pain intensity and decrease suggests decrease in pain intensity.;Range of motion of lumbar spine. Timepoint: before intervent and 4, 8 weeks, 6 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Modified-modified Schöber Test to measure flexion of lumbar spine.;Disability. Timepoint: before intervent and 4, 8 weeks, 6 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Ronald Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) for disability.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
umbar muscle endurance. Timepoint: before intervent and 4, 8 weeks, 6 months after intervention. Method of measurement: Sorensen test for lumbar muscle endurance.