Manual Therapy for Pregnancy Related Back Pain

Benha University

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Tui-na massage; Procedure: positional release technique

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06198647

PT.BU.EC.2

Details and patient eligibility

About

More than 50% of women experience pain in the lumbopelvic area during pregnancy. The prevalence of pain increases with the duration of pregnancy. Trunk muscles are needed to sustain low levels of activity for an extended duration. Preventing muscles from fatiguing is very important. Manual therapy techniques can minimize loading of the spine while improving muscular endurance and preventing fatigue. Moreover, inhibition of the trigger points of the spinal musculature is an important factor to consider.

Full description

Tui-Na massage and positional release therapy are both of the common manual therapies used recently for low back pain. However, no studies have compared their effects on pregnancy related low back pain in third trimester.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• low back pain
• mild to moderate disability concurring to the Oswestry Disability Index (up to 40%),
• age ranged from 20 - 40 years

Exclusion criteria

• Current physical therapy or medical treatment for low back pain,
• contracture or surgery affecting the lumbar spine,
• scoliosis,
• pathologies such as inflammatory diseases,
• skin diseases,
• congenital diseases,
• neurological diseases,
• dislocations, neoplasms,
• disc prolapse,
• visual or auditory problems

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

tui-na

Experimental group

Description:

Application of tui-na techniques for the women while being in prone lying position.

Treatment:

Procedure: Tui-na massage

positional release techniques

Active Comparator group

Description:

Application of positional release techniques for the women while being in prone lying position.

Treatment:

Procedure: positional release technique