Comparison Between Lumbar Stabilization Exercises and Lumbar Manipulation on Multifidus Muscle in Chronic Low Back Pain This Study Will Investigate and Compare the Effect of Lumbar Stabilization Exercises and Manipulation on Multifidus Muscle in Chronic Low Back Pain

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP)

Treatments: Other: Lumbar stabilization Exercises; Other: Stretching and strengthening exercises for back muscles; Other: Lumbar Manipulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06796023

P.T.REC/012/004972

Details and patient eligibility

About

Histological and morphological changes of multifidus muscle have been reported in lumbar disc herniation (LDH), but there is scarce research comparing the efficacy of different treatment programs that can correct multifidus dysfunction in chronic low back pain (LBP) with LDH. The purpose: this study will be to investigate and compare the effect of lumbar stabilization exercises and manipulation on multifidus muscle in chronic LBP patients with LDH. Subjects: sixty patients aged ranged from 45 - 65 years suffering from chronic LBP with LDH will be randomly assigned into three groups, each group includes 20 patients. Method: group (A) (control group) will receive general exercises for back muscles, group (B) will receive general exercises and lumbar stabilization exercises, and group (C) will receive general exercises and lumbar manipulation (B and C experimental groups). The outcome measurements pre and post 6 weeks of treatment will be pain intensity by visual analogue scale (VAS), functional disabilities by Oswestry disability index (ODI), lumbar repositioning by Biodex system (LR), cross sectional area (CSA) and the asymmetry of both sides of multifidus muscle at the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae by ultrasonography.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The selected subjects had chronic LBP with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evidence of disc herniation at levels of L4-L5 and/or L5-S1 diagnosed by physician (orthopedist, neurosurgeon).
• A period of continuous complaints of pain for more than 12 weeks.
• All patients reported an average pain level of at least 5 on a scale of 0 to 10.

Exclusion criteria

• Acute inflammatory diseases of musculoskeletal system.
• Pathology or deformities of hip, knee and ankle joints.
• History of surgical approach to their back or had special pathology or non spinal condition causing referred back symptoms.
• Patient who indicated for surgery to treat lumbar disc herniation (i.e. sever intolerable pain, motor weakness, and cannot control urine and stool).
• Cardiopulmonary diseases which decrease the patient's tolerance and activities.
• Spondylolisthesis.
• Diabetic neuropathy.
• Osteoporosis.
• A recent history of vestibular disorder or inner ear infection with associated balance and coordination problems.
• A history of cerebral trauma with unresolved neurosensory symptoms or neurological deficits.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Stretching and strengthening exercises

Active Comparator group

Description:

Stretching and strengthening exercises for back muscles

Treatment:

Other: Stretching and strengthening exercises for back muscles

Lumbar Stabilization

Experimental group

Description:

Lumbar Stabilization exercises

Treatment:

Other: Stretching and strengthening exercises for back muscles

Other: Lumbar stabilization Exercises

Lumbar Manipulation

Experimental group

Description:

Lumbar Manipulation

Treatment:

Other: Lumbar Manipulation

Other: Stretching and strengthening exercises for back muscles