Mobilization for Post Partum Low Back Pain

Cairo University (CU)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Low Back Pain, Mechanical

Treatments

Procedure: mobilization (manual therapy)

Procedure: Placebo mobilization

Device: Ultrasound and infrared devices

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02088463

P.T.REC/012/00368

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study was conducted to the following purposes

To investigate the effect of lumbar mobilization on muscle activity in postpartum mechanical low back pain.
To investigate the effect of lumbar mobilization on pain intensity in postpartum mechanical low back pain patients.
To investigate the effect lumbar mobilization on functional disability in postpartum mechanical low back pain patients.
To compare between the effects of lumbar mobilization, tactile stimulation (placebo treatment) and traditional treatment in postpartum mechanical low back pain patients.

Full description

all participants divided randomly into three groups, Group A (Study group) received PA lumbar mobilization plus traditional treatment which consisted of Ultrasonic and Infra-red. Group B (Placebo group) received placebo mobilization plus traditional treatment. Group C (Control group) received traditional treatment only

Enrollment

45 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

25 to 35 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Females with LBP lasting more than 3 months since their delivery

their age range 25-35 years old with body mass index (BMI) less than 30kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

medical conditions that don't allow the subject to lie prone comfortably as, cardiovascular disease, uncontrolled hypertension, abdominal hernia, severe respiratory diseases, as well as problems in the back e.g. previous low back surgery, spinal malignancy. In addition to known rheumatic joint disease, and upper or lower motor neuron lesion that affects lower limbs

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Factorial Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

45 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Mobilization (manual therapy)

Experimental group

Description:

Mobilization (manual therapy) posterior- anterior at the L3 for 2 minutes in addition to the traditional treatment in the form of infra-red and ultrasound. The treatment duration for the three groups was 3 times/week for 4 weeks.

Treatment:

Device: Ultrasound and infrared devices

Procedure: mobilization (manual therapy)

placebo mobilization

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

placebo mobilization applied without force application. The treatment duration for the three groups was 3 times/week for 4 weeks

Treatment:

Device: Ultrasound and infrared devices

Procedure: Placebo mobilization

Ultrasound and infrared therapy

Other group