Efficacy of Muscle Energy Technique Alone and in Combination With Interferential Therapy for the Treatment of Non-specific Low Back Pain.

Neuro Counsel Hospital, Pakistan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Muscel energy technique along with interferential therapy; Other: muscle energy technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06098053

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Single blind randomized control trail in which two groups were formed. Group A was given Muscle energy technique and Group B was given muscle energy technique in combination with Interferential therapy.

Full description

After getting the REC approval from The Neurocounsel Clinics, study was initiated from 21 May, 2023 to 20 September 2023. Sample size was calculated by Epitool which came 30. Following participants were included a) both genders b) age 20-50 years and followings were excluded a) DM b) Parkinson disease c) disc disorder d) MSK disorder were excluded from this study. Simple random sampling technique was used to randomize participants into two equal groups. group A was given MET and group B was given MET plus IFT. 2 sessions/week for 4 & half weeks. Evaluation was done at PNS & EQ-5D-5L (QoL). Pre and post test analysis was done by use of SPSS version 21 and level of significance was kept p<0.05.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• both genders
• age between 20-50 years old
• non specific type of back pain

Exclusion criteria

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Parkinson disease
• Any other Musculoskeletal disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A

Experimental group

Description:

Muscle energy technique was given to this group

Treatment:

Other: muscle energy technique

Group B

Active Comparator group

Description:

Muscle energy technique along with interferential therapy was given to this group

Treatment:

Other: Muscel energy technique along with interferential therapy