Comparing the Effects of Standard Rehabilitation Protocol and Standard Rehabilitation Protocol in Combination with Exercise Therapy in Subjects with Acute Low Back Pai
- Conditions
- Acute Nonspecific Low Back Pain.Low Back Pain
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016080620888N6
- Lead Sponsor
- Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Vice Chancellory of Research and Technology
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
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Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria: meeting at least 5 items of following items: remaining pain even after 7 days of treatment; pain duration less than 6 weeks; no symptoms distal to the knee; one or more hypo-mobile segments in the lumbar spines; Oswestry disability score = 25%; pain intensity = 30% (Visual Analogue Scale).
Exclusion criteria: spine fracture/surgery in the previous 6 months; pregnancy; neoplasia; infection of the spine; visceral pain; systemic disorders; radicular pain due to radiculopathy in last 6 months; sensory impairments; abnormal deep tendon reflexes or muscular weakness due to nerve compression; neurological claudication; psychiatric disorders; osteoporosis; corticosteroid therapy; receiving spinal manipulation previously for the same LBP episode; back pain; segmental spinal instability; administering narcotics; those who may not cooperate; those with contraindications for spinal manipulation; those who meet red flag conditions like fever; trauma; unusual weight loss.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: at the beginning, after first manipulation, after second manipulation, after the 8th therapeutic session, and at one month follow-up. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).;Functional Disability. Timepoint: at the beginning, after the 8th therapeutic session, and at one month follow-up. Method of measurement: Oswestry Disability Index (ODI).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Abdominal Muscle Endurance. Timepoint: at the beginning, after the 8th therapeutic session, and at one month follow-up. Method of measurement: Shirado Test.;Back Muscle endurance. Timepoint: at the beginning, after the 8th therapeutic session, and at one month follow-up. Method of measurement: Sorensen Test.