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Comparing the Effects of Standard Rehabilitation Protocol and Standard Rehabilitation Protocol in Combination with Exercise Therapy in Subjects with Acute Low Back Pai

Phase 2
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

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

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.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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
NameTimeMethod
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.
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