Efficacy of Therapeutic Exercise (Mirror Image Exercise) in Adolescent With Chronic Low Back Pain, Through Corrective Postural Changes (low back pain)

Beni-Suef University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Back exercises; Other: Mirror image postural exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06864832

BeniSuefU23

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will include two groups. The study group will receive mirror-image postural exercise on the 3D postural analysis. The control group will receive a traditional exercise program.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having chronic mechanical low back pain.
• Having a significant translational and/or rotational deformity of the lumbar spine according to the posture index scale.
• Having normal x-ray

Exclusion criteria

• Severe cardiovascular disease.
• Previous spinal surgery.
• Abdominal hernia.
• True leg length discrepancy.
• Severe respiratory disease.
• Pregnancy.
• Associated pathologies of lower limbs that may interfere with the posture such as foot, knee, and hip deformities.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Study group

Experimental group

Description:

Mirror image exercise is a novel technique that utilizes visual feedback to enhance motor control and body awareness in reducing pain and improving function in individuals with mechanical low back pain.

Treatment:

Other: Mirror image postural exercises

Control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Patients in this group received the traditional program of exercises in the form of back muscles stretching exercises and abdominal muscles strengthening exercises.

Treatment:

Other: Back exercises