HYBRID TELE-REHABILITATION VERSUS CLINIC-BASED THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH LUMBAR RADICULOPATHY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Ahmed Adel Eid

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Lumbar Disc Prolapse With Radiculopathy

Treatments

Other: Exercise

Other: telemedicine

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT07041476

153488

Details and patient eligibility

About

A single blinded clinical randomized trial. A single blinded trained investigator examined all patients and collect all data to eliminate inter- investigator error. Patients will be divided according to the treatment procedure into two groups equal in numbers to investigate a comparative effect of hybrid tele-rehabilitation to clinic- based therapy in patients with lumbar radiculopathy.

Enrollment

32 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

25 to 45 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Both genders will be involved, 2) Symptoms started within more than 4 weeks (Ghasabmahaleh et al., 2021). 3) Patients' age ranges from 25-45 years (Karthick et al., 2024). 4) All patients will be referred by the physician after confirmed diagnosis of lumbar radiculopathy at L4/5 or L5/S1 level through clinical assessment and imaging studies.
Patients have sufficient education level. 6) Body mass index for patients will be from 18.5 to 29.9.

Exclusion criteria

1. History of pelvic, hips, or spine surgery, 2) Any unstable lumbar condition such as spinal fractures, tumor, cauda equina syndrome and spondylolisthesis (Ghasabmahaleh et al., 2021).

History of neurological disorders causing radicular pain, 4) Any preexisting injury that may become exacerbated or made worse with participation (Zainab et al., 2022).

Cardiovascular problems (unstable angina, recent myocardial infarction within the last three months, congestive heart failure, significant heart valve dysfunction, or unstable hypertension) or pulmonary disorders (Vijayaraj., 2018).