Effect of Pulsed Magnetic Therapy Versus Phonophoresis in Discogenic Lumbar Radiculopathy Patients

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Lumbar Radiculopathy

Treatments: Other: Ultrasound phonophoresis; Other: Pulsed electromagnetic therapy; Other: Conventional physical therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06296303

MBH24

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purposes of the study

To investigate the effect of pulsed magnetic therapy versus phonophoresis in discogenic lumbar radiculopathy patients

Full description

Patients will be randomized into either pulsed magnetic therapy group or phonophoresis group. Patients will receive the intervention for six weeks. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and post-intervention.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient age ranges from 20 -45

• Unilateral chronic lumbosacral radiculopathy

• Intervertebral disc herniation confirmed by MRI

• one of the following :

  1. H- reflex amplitude side to side difference 0.67 in absence of latency difference.
  2. H- reflex amplitude side to side difference smaller than 0.5 in p of latency difference.

  3 - Side to side H- reflex latency difference more than 1 msec. 4- Prolonged H-reflex latency more than 30 msec.

Exclusion criteria

• Systematic disease
• Lumbar canal stenosis
• Pervious surgeries
• Scoliosis
• Kyphosis
• Spinal fracture
• Bilateral symptoms
• Steroid injection

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 3 patient groups

Pulsed electromagnetic therapy group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in this group will receive Pulsed electromagnetic therapy + Conventional physical therapy

Treatment:

Other: Pulsed electromagnetic therapy

Other: Conventional physical therapy

Ultrasound phonophoresis group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in this group will receive Ultrasound phonophoresis + Conventional physical therapy

Treatment:

Other: Ultrasound phonophoresis

Other: Conventional physical therapy

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients in this group will receive Conventional physical therapy

Treatment:

Other: Conventional physical therapy