Neural Gliding Exercise for Low Back Pain

Kutahya Health Sciences University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Neural gliding exercises; Other: Electrotherapy sessions

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03972085

80558721/153-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

Low back pain is a very common problem that causes pain, disability, gait and balance problems. Neurodynamic techniques is used for treatment of low back pain. The aim of the study is comparing the effects of electrotherapy and neural mobilization techniques on pain, functionality, gait and balance.

Full description

There are many physiotherapy modalities in the treatment of low back pain (LBP). Electrotherapy procedures, manual therapy techniques, kinesiotherapy and specific exercises are among those that are frequently used. In neural mobilization techniques, which began to gain popularity in 1990s, neural tissue and the surrounding structures are glided or tensioned to mobilize them. Neural mobilization is thought to have a positive effect on symptoms by inducing intraneural circulation, axoplasmic flow, and neural visco-elasticity and sensitivity associated with the connective tissue. There are studies in which this modality has yielded therapeutic success in terms of both pain and functionality, particularly in lumbar region and lower limb disorders where neural mechanosensitivity is increased.

Enrollment: 41 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects scoring below 70 degrees in the straight leg raise test
• received no physiotherapy until at least 6 months before initial evaluation

Exclusion criteria

• subjects who were unable to walk independently,
• who had systemic diseases besides LBP,
• who underwent spinal and lower limb surgery,
• who scored above 70 degrees in the straight leg raise test,
• used analgesics within 48 hours before initial evaluation were excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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41 participants in 2 patient groups

Group 1

Experimental group

Description:

Patient received neural gliding exercises in addition electrotehrapy sessions.

Treatment:

Other: Neural gliding exercises

Other: Electrotherapy sessions

Group 2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patient received only electrotherapy sessions

Treatment:

Other: Electrotherapy sessions