Effects of Mechanical Versus Manual Traction in the Management of Low Back Pain.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 48
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Numeric Pain Rating Scale
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study compared the effects of mechanical and manual traction on pain, disability and lumbar spinal curvature in patients with discogenic low back pain
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Participant)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients with discogenic low back pain,
- •Patients of both genders
- •Age ranges from 20 to 60 years
- •NPRS > 5
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients with non-mechanical back pain
- •Patients with known metabolic diseases,
- •Osteoporotic patients,
- •Recent history of spinal trauma or surgery,
- •Lumbar myelopathy,
- •Cauda equine syndrome.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Numeric Pain Rating Scale
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Changes from base Line Numeric Pain rating scale is a scale for pain starting from 0-10. Where 0 indicate no pain and 10 indicate severe pain.
Oswestry disability index
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Changes from base line The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is an index derived from the Oswestry Low Back Pain Questionnaire used by clinicians and researchers to quantify disability for low back pain. Each topic category is followed by 6 statements describing different potential scenarios in the patient's life relating to the topic. The patient then checks the statement which most closely resembles their situation. Each question is scored on a scale of 0-5 with the first statement being zero and indicating the least amount of disability and the last statement is scored 5 indicating most severe disability. The scores for all questions answered are summed, then multiplied by two to obtain the index (range 0 to 100). Zero is equated with no disability and 100 is the maximum disability possible.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported