Effects Of Latissimus Dorsi Stretching On Functional Disability Related To Chronic Low Back Pain

Health Education Research Foundation (HERF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mechanical Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Spinal Stabilization Exercises (SSE); Other: Spinal Stabilization Exercises (SSE) & Latissimus Dorsi Stretching (LDS)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04867356

HERF/REC/2021-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of the study is to determine effects of latissimus dorsi stretching on functional disability related to chronic low back pain

Full description

A single-blinded,randomized clinical trial will be conducted in /multiple rehabilitation centers of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, after taking approval from ERB/IRB respective centers. The study duration will be 3 months. the study participants will be having mechanical low back pain.

The intervention will be included latissmus dorsi stretching along with spinal stabilization exercises in one group and in comparative group spinal stabilization exercises alone. Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) will be used to measure the disability related to the chronic low back pain.

Enrollment: 61 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• male and female
• 20 to 60 years
• chronic mechanical low back pain

Exclusion criteria

• patients who had any type of injury or fracture which limits rehabilitation
• patients with the symptoms of radiating pain
• who had disc pathology and spinal cord injury
• patients with medical conditions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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61 participants in 2 patient groups

Spinal Stabilization Exercises (SSE)

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Spinal Stabilization Exercises (SSE)

Spinal Stabilization Exercises (SSE) & Latissimus Dorsi Stretching (LDS)

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Spinal Stabilization Exercises (SSE) & Latissimus Dorsi Stretching (LDS)