Effectiveness of Thoracic Mobility Exercise Versus Manual Release Technique in Minimizing Mechanical Upper Back Pain Among Undergraduates in Sri Lanka
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 57
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Range of Motion
研究概览
简要总结
Methodology: study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of thoracic mobility exercise and manual release technique in terms of pain intensity, thoracic mobility, muscle strength and improving disability.
Study Design: Study was conducted in Service unit of Department of Physiotherapy at university of peradeniya. Undergraduates who are currently having upper back pain for more than seven days was selected as sample. It is a randomized Controlled trail, Double blinded study. Participants allowed randomly to both groups which are experimental group which will receive thoracic mobility exercises and control group which will receive myofascial release and joint mobilization treatment. Total sample size was 60.
详细描述
Study Population: Undergraduates who are currently having upper back pain for more than seven days was selected as sample. Participants who was have sub-acute and chronic pain which means who will have pain more than a week or seven days will be selected as sample and who have subjected to any recent surgeries, recent fractures, accidents or injuries in upper back will be excluded from the study.
Study Setting:
Study was conducted in Service unit of department of Physiotherapy, University of Peradeniya.
Study Design:
This study is a Randomized Control Trial, Double- Blinded study. Participants and accessors was blinded. Participants was allocated allocated randomly in to two groups which are experimental group which receive thoracic mobility exercises and control group which will receive myofascial release and joint mobilization treatment.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
Participants' allocation was concealed by using lottery method whether there are in exercise group or manual therapy group. Accessors was blinded which means they were not aware about the treatment or therapy which was obtained by the participants
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 26 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Undergraduates who are currently having upper back pain for more than seven days will be selected as sample.
- •Participants who will have sub-acute and chronic pain which means who will have pain more than a week or seven days will be selected as sample
排除标准
- •Participant who have subjected to any recent surgeries, recent fractures, accidents or injuries in upper back will be excluded from the study.
结局指标
主要结局
Range of Motion
时间窗: at baseline and after two weeks
Range of Motion of thoraco-Lumbar Flexion and Extension (Tape Measurement). Normal range of Thoraco lumbar flexion in tape measurement 2.7 cm is normal and for extension 2.5cm is normal
Muscle strength
时间窗: at base line and after two week
Muscle strength of spinal extensors examined by using Manual Muscle Test- Oxford Grading Scale. It is a 6 point grading scale which includes, 0 is considered as no contraction, 1 is palpable contraction, 2 movement with gravity eliminated, 3 is movement against gravity only, 4 movement against gravity with some resistance and 5 is movement against with full resistance
Disability level - self perception
时间窗: at baseline and after two week
Pain-Self-Efficacy-Questionnaire is used to analyse how participants feel confident despite the pain. Total score is 60. If the total score indicates more than 45 patient has a stronger self efficacy believe to the pain and if its less than 30 weak or less self efficacy believe to the pain
Pain Intensity
时间窗: at base line and after two weeks
Visual Analogue Scale is used to measure the pain intensity in base line and after intervention in two groups in the following instances, present pain intensity and during sitting, forward bending, standing, walking, sleeping, transferring and performing day to day activities. Its 10 point grading scale, Here maximum value of the scale 10 indicates an unbearable pain and minimum value denotes no pain at all.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Vithursha Sivakumar
Principal Investigator
University of Dhaka