Effects of Mechanical Versus Manual Traction in the Management of Low Back Pain.

Foundation University Islamabad

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain, Mechanical; Lumbar Radiculopathy; Disc Prolapse With Radiculopathy; Disc Prolapse; Disc Degeneration; Low Back Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Manual Traction; Procedure: Mechanical Traction; Procedure: Hot Pack; Procedure: Joint Mobilization; Procedure: TENS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05059249

FUI/CTR/2021/5

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study compared the effects of mechanical and manual traction on pain, disability and lumbar spinal curvature in patients with discogenic low back pain

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with discogenic low back pain,
• Patients of both genders
• Age ranges from 20 to 60 years
• NPRS > 5

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with non-mechanical back pain
• Patients with known metabolic diseases,
• Osteoporotic patients,
• Recent history of spinal trauma or surgery,
• Lumbar myelopathy,
• Cauda equine syndrome.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

Manual Traction

Experimental group

Description:

Moist heat packs \& TENS for ten minutes followed by Manual Traction and 3 sets of slow gentle segmental mobilizations (unilateral and posterior-anterior) with at least 10 to 15 repetitions firstly but modified as per the response of the patient.

Treatment:

Procedure: Joint Mobilization

Procedure: Manual Traction

Procedure: TENS

Procedure: Hot Pack

Mechanical traction

Experimental group

Description:

Moist heat packs \& TENS for ten minutes followed by Mechanical Traction and 3 sets of slow gentle segmental mobilizations (unilateral and posterior-anterior) with at least 10 to 15 repetitions firstly but modified as per the response of the patient

Treatment:

Procedure: Joint Mobilization

Procedure: Mechanical Traction

Procedure: TENS

Procedure: Hot Pack